PT-2005-2893 · Cisco · Cisco Switches

Published 2005-06-10 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-1942

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco switches (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass port security and gain access to the VLAN via spoofed Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) messages. This occurs in Cisco switches that support 802.1x security.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1942

Affected Products

Cisco Switches

References · 6

• http://cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20050608-8021x.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Jun/1014135.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1942 · Security Note
• http://fishnetsecurity.com/csirt/disclosure/cisco/Cisco+802.1x+Advisory.pdf · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111842833009771&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20939 · Note