CVE-2012-5424

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5424
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-07 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionCisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) 5.x before 5.2 Patch 11 and 5.3 before 5.3 Patch 7, when a certain configuration involving TACACS+ and LDAP is used, does not properly validate passwords, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending a valid username and a crafted password string, aka Bug ID CSCuc65634.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.0 All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.1 All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.2 All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.3 All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.0 All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.1 All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.2 All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Secure Access Control System Password Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Bypass TACACS+ Authentication - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
87251 OSVDB osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA51194 - Cisco Secure Access Control System Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) CVE-2012-5424 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco Secure Access Control System TACACS+ Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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