Following up... > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Raymond [mailto:scott@LINK-NET.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:23 PM > To: BUGTRAQat_private > Subject: Re: [BUGTRAQ] PIX Firewall 5.1 DoS Vulnerability > > > By the way, I recently upgraded a PIX 515 at work. The folks at Cisco > inform me that the latest software binary image, 5.3.1, is > broken. They > suggest upgrading to 5.2.5, which has all of the updates in 5.3.1, > including the elimination of the DoS vulnerability. > I sent this message on to the guy where I work who manages our PIX Firewalls and he spent some cycles on the horn with the Cisco tech types- the short answer is that Cisco told him there were no known DoS attacks against 5.3.1. According to Cisco, the 5.2.5 release came out *after* 5.3.1 but was designed for people to move out of the 4.x version of the PIX IOS. 5.3.1 does have a number of known bugs, to be sure, but none that match the description above. Corey M. Snow- csnowat_private Senior Web Developer, Washington Dental Service (206) 528-7361, Mobile (360) 481-2563 FAX: (206) 985-4939 Web: http://www.deltadentalwa.com
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