PT-2002-2377 · Farm9 · Farm9 Cryptcat

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2002-1653

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Farm9 Cryptcat (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a configuration problem where Farm9 Cryptcat, when started in server mode with the -e option, fails to enable encryption. This allows clients to communicate without encryption, contrary to the intended configuration. As a result, remote attackers may be able to sniff sensitive information.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1653

Affected Products

Farm9 Cryptcat

References · 7

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8431 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1653 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1653 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1653 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1653 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/165099 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10618 · Note