Security News > 2021 > February > Critical Cisco Flaws Open VPN Routers Up to RCE Attacks

Cisco is rolling out fixes for critical holes in its lineup of small-business VPN routers.
The flaws exist in the web-based management interface of Cisco's small-business lineup of VPN routers.
On Wednesday, Cisco also warned of two high-severity flaws across this same set of small-business VPN routers.
These flaws are also fixed by firmware Release 1.0.01.02; The networking giant said that it's not aware of any exploits in the wild of the critical flaws for any of these flaws.
Cisco on Wednesday pushed out a flurry of patches addressing high-severity vulnerabilities beyond its VPN small-business routers.
Finally, Cisco patched various high-severity flaws affecting its IOS XR software, a train of Cisco Systems' widely deployed Internetworking Operating System.
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