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CVE-2002-0848 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cisco vpn 5000 concentrator series software	>= 5.2.14, <= 5.2.23.0003 >= 6.0.15, <= 6.0.21.0002
CPE cpe:2.3:o:cisco:vpn_5000_concentrator_series_software:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
cisco vpn 5000 concentrator	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:cisco:vpn_5000_concentrator:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 20, 2018	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]