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CVE-2002-0848

N/A
Published: April 2, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:58 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorVPN 5000 Concentrator Series SoftwareVpn 5000 Concentrator

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

VPN 5000 Concentrator Series Software· Cisco
95%
5.2.14 ≤ v ≤ 5.2.23.00036.0.15 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.21.0002
cisco-vpn-5000-concentrator (same device)
Vpn 5000 Concentrator· Ciscodevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCOPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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