CVE-2002-2316

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-2316
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCisco 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Catos 5.5\(5\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Catos 6.3\(5\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Catos 7.1\(2\) All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - Catalyst 4000 - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
ISS X-Force Database: cisco-catalyst-unicast-traffic (9148): Cisco Catalyst switches could broadcast unicast traffic to all systems connected af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0209.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
Cisco Catalyst Unicast Traffic Broadcast Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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