Number: AV19-082
Date: 18 April 2019
On 17 April 2019, Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple Cisco products, notably Cisco IOS, IOS XE and IOS XR software. A remote, malicious actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system with elevated privileges.
CCCS encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security Advisories and Alerts and apply the necessary updates:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing
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