Alert: Compiled Cisco Security Updates – October 2023

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products, including but not limited to:  

• Unified Contact Center Express, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software.

• Cisco IOS XE Software

• Cisco IOx application hosting environment

• Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager  

Security Risks

If successfully exploited, the identified vulnerabilities in Cisco products could enable an attacker to take control of an affected system and carry out malicious activities.

 For the full list of security patches released by Cisco, please refer to Cisco Security Advisories.

Recommended Actions

The National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) recommends users and system administrators to:

• Follow and put in place the security updates shared by Cisco to lower the risk of vulnerability exploitation.

• Before updating or patching, please ensure that you have the latest backup that can easily be restored.

For further information and support, please contact the National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) by email to rwcsirt@ncsa.gov.rw or call us on 9009.

References

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x

• Cisco Security portal