CVE-2016-2509

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2509
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-18 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-03-23 00:54:00 UTC
DescriptionThe password-sync feature on Belden Hirschmann Classic Platform switches L2B before 05.3.07 and L2E, L2P, L3E, and L3P before 09.0.06 sets an SNMP community to the same string as the administrator password, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Belden Hirschmann Firmware 05.3.06 All All All
Operating System Belden Hirschmann Firmware All All All All
Operating System Belden Hirschmann Firmware 05.3.06 All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L2b - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L2b - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L2e - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L2e - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L2p - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L2p - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L3e - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L3e - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L3p - All All All
Hardware Belden Hirschmann L3p - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Page Not Found CONFIRM www.belden.com Vendor Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#507216 - Hirschmann "Classic Platform" switches reveal administrator password in SNMP community string by default CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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