A vulnerability in the logic that handles access control to one of the hardware components in Cisco's proprietary Secure Boot implementation could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write a modified firmware image to the component. This vulnerability affects multiple Cisco products that support hardware-based Secure Boot functionality. The vulnerability is due to an improper check on the area of code that manages on-premise updates to a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) part of the Secure Boot hardware implementation. An attacker with elevated privileges and access to the underlying operating system that is running on the affected device could exploit this vulnerability by writing a modified firmware image to the FPGA. A successful exploit could either cause the device to become unusable (and require a hardware replacement) or allow tampering with the Secure Boot verification process, which under some circumstances may allow the attacker to install and boot a malicious softw…

A vulnerability in TCP port management in Cisco ONS 15454 Series Multiservice Provisioning Platforms could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the controller card to unexpectedly reload. More Information: CSCuw26032. Known Affected Releases: 10.51.

Cisco ONS 15454 System Software 10.30 and 10.301 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (tNetTask CPU consumption or card reset) via a flood of (1) IP or (2) Ethernet traffic, aka Bug ID CSCus57263.

Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flash write outage) via a TCP FIN attack that triggers file-descriptor exhaustion, aka Bug ID CSCug97315.

Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 10.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card reload) via a crafted HTTP URI, aka Bug ID CSCun06870.

Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card reset) via a TCP FIN attack that triggers file-descriptor exhaustion and a failure to open a CAL pipe, aka Bug ID CSCug97348.

The session-termination functionality on Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier does not initialize an unspecified pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (card reset) via crafted session-close actions, aka Bug ID CSCug97416.

The tNetTaskLimit process on the Transport Node Controller (TNC) on Cisco ONS 15454 devices with software 9.6 and earlier does not properly prioritize health pings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (watchdog timeout and TNC reset) via a flood of network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCud97155.

The management implementation on Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card reset) via crafted packets, aka Bug ID CSCtz50902.

The TLS/SSLv3 module on Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card reset) via crafted (1) TLS or (2) SSLv3 packets, aka Bug ID CSCuh34787.