CVE-2012-5424

critical

Description

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79860

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027733

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56433

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121107-acs

http://secunia.com/advisories/51194

http://osvdb.org/87251

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-07

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical