Thomas Kristensen
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Thomas Kristensen
Thomas Fauerskov Kristensenis a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brisbane Roar in the A-League. Kristensen has been capped eleven times for the Danish national team...
amount available certainly extremely given information limited number patches people serious vulnerable
It certainly is a serious threat, but given the amount of information available from Cisco you would think there would only be an extremely limited number of vulnerable systems. Most people should have patches in place before there are any exploits.
code exploit launch nasty run
An attacker could use the exploit to run any code they want to on a person's system. It could be they want to launch some really nasty code on a user's system.
intercept message signature
Someone who's able to intercept the message as it's transmitted could inject some data, and then the person who verifies the signature would be told it's a valid, unaltered message.
aware code exploit happen likely since systems
We aren't aware of any systems that have been compromised yet, but it's likely to happen since there's exploit code out.
create difficult months patches users
Vendors can take months to create patches, and sometimes users grumble about that, ... But the alternative is to have patches that can be circumvented or aren't appropriate for the vulnerability. It's a difficult balance.