CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-0848
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-08-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• cisco vpn 5000 concentrator series software (>= 5.2.14 <= 5.2.23.0003)
• cisco vpn 5000 concentrator series software (>= 6.0.15 <= 6.0.21.0002)
References
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry