CVE-2012-5424
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-07 23:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:05
Severity ?
Summary
Cisco 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.
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://osvdb.org/87251
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51194
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121107-acsVendor Advisory
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56433
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027733
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79860
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/87251
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51194
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121107-acsVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56433
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027733
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79860
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