CVE-2001-0375 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cisco PIX Firewall 515 and 520 with 5.1.4 OS running aaa authentication to a TACACS+ server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of authentication requests.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16076.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_515::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_520::::::::

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Cisco Subscribe	Pix Firewall 515 Subscribe Pix Firewall 520 Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98658271707833&w=2
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/pixfirewall-authen-flood-pub.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2551
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6353

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:37.090Z

Reserved: 2001-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0375

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-06-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0375

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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