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CVE-2002-0848

Cisco VPN 5000 series concentrator hardware 6.0.21.0002 and earlier, and 5.2.23.0003 and earlier, when using RADIUS with a challenge type of Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Challenge, sends the user password in cleartext in a validation retry request, which could allow remote attackers to steal passwords via sniffing.

Published

2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	cisco	vpn_5000_concentrator_series_software	≤ 5.2.23.0003	Yes
Operating System	cisco	vpn_5000_concentrator_series_software	≤ 6.0.21.0002	Yes
Hardware	cisco	vpn_5000_concentrator	-	No

References

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)