CVE-2004-1105 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Nortel Networks Contivity VPN Client displays a different error message depending on whether the username is valid or invalid, which could allow remote attackers to gain sensitive information.

Published: 2004-12-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.8% 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:nortel:contivity:4.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2004-1103	Nortel Networks Contivity VPN Client displays a different error message depending on whether the username is valid or invalid, which could allow remote attackers to gain sensitive information.

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 0.03769.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/0291.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/830214
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-626N7F
http://www.nii.co.in/vuln/contivity.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11623
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17988

History

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Subscriptions

Nortel Contivity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-12-01T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:01.036Z

Reserved: 2004-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1105

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-10T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1105

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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