Juniper Networks has warned its customers of a critical flaw in its gateway routers.

"[The] networking company said a variety of devices could be forced to reboot by sending them Internet packets with maliciously formed TCP options," writes The Register's Dan Goodin. "The flaw affects versions 3 through 10 of Junos, the operating system that powers devices at ISPs, backbones, and other large networks."

"Software releases built on or after January 28, 2009 have already fixed the issue," Goodin writes.

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