CVE-2002-2316 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco Catalyst 4000 series switches running CatOS 5.5.5, 6.3.5, and 7.1.2 do not always learn MAC addresses from a single initial packet, which causes unicast traffic to be broadcast across the switch and allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive network information by sniffing.

Published: 2007-10-26

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:5.5\(5\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:6.3\(5\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:7.1\(2\):::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2294	Cisco Catalyst 4000 series switches running CatOS 5.5.5, 6.3.5, and 7.1.2 do not always learn MAC addresses from a single initial packet, which causes unicast traffic to be broadcast across the switch and allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive network information by sniffing.

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 Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00549.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0190.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0209.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9148.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4790

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Catos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-26T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:02:35.479Z

Reserved: 2007-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2316

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-2316

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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