Are they going to be FoC?
Because I have two and the software maintenance was yet another add on extra. I'm very, very WTF?!!! about that hidden cost. Dirty, Cisco, dirty. Should have at least 1 yr of upgrades included.
Cisco TelePresence kit and software need patching after the company turned up vulnerabilities that open them up to remote command injection and denial of service attacks. TelePresence TC and TE software has two vulnerabilities: an authentication bypass that gives attackers root access to devices running the software, while the …
I think they normally release these kind of things for free provided you have a CCO account. I have a customer that refused to put network kit under maintenance with Cisco and upgraded their IOS whenever Cisco released a free version as a result of a security fix!
Read the advisory.
"Cisco has released free software updates that address the vulnerabilities described in this advisory. Prior to deploying software, customers are advised to consult their maintenance providers or check the software for feature set compatibility and known issues that are specific to their environments."