CVE-2002-0848 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:vpn_5000_concentrator_series_software::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:vpn_5000_concentrator_series_software::::::::

cpe:2.3:h:cisco:vpn_5000_concentrator:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0840	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00923.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Vpn 5000 Concentrator Vpn 5000 Concentrator Series Software

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:49.273Z

Reserved: 2002-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0848

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0848

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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