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CVE-2016-2509

The password-sync feature on Belden Hirschmann Classic Platform switches L2B before 05.3.07 and L2E, L2P, L3E, and L3P before 09.0.06 sets an SNMP community to the same string as the administrator password, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Published

2016-02-18T22:59:07.853

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

5.5

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	belden	hirschmann_firmware	05.3.06	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_l2b	-	Yes
Operating System	belden	hirschmann_firmware	≤ 09.0.05	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_l2e	-	No
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_l2p	-	No
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_l3e	-	No
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_l3p	-	No

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507216 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
https://www.belden.com/resourcecenter/security/upload/Belden_Security_Advisory_BSECV-2016-2_1v0.pdf Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507216 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.belden.com/resourcecenter/security/upload/Belden_Security_Advisory_BSECV-2016-2_1v0.pdf Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)