CVE-2002-0545 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco Aironet before 11.21 with Telnet enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a series of login attempts with invalid usernames and passwords.

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:aironet_ap340::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:aironet_ap350::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:aironet_ap350:11.21:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0540	Cisco Aironet before 11.21 with Telnet enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a series of login attempts with invalid usernames and passwords.

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 0.00872.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Aironet-Telnet.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8788.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4461

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Aironet Ap340 Aironet Ap350

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:37.074Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0545

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-07-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0545

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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