CVE-2003-0512

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Cisco IOS 12.2 and earlier generates a "% Login invalid" message instead of prompting for a password when an invalid username is provided, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames on the system and conduct brute force password guessing, as reported for the Aironet Bridge.

Cisco IOS 12.2 and earlier generates a "% Login invalid" message instead of prompting for a password when an invalid username is provided, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames on the system and conduct brute force password guessing, as reported for the Aironet Bridge.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Cisco IOS

First reported 21 years ago

2003-08-27 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

Cisco IOS 12.0 (24)S1

12.0\(24\)s1

Cisco IOS 12.0 (24.2)S

12.0\(24.2\)s

Cisco IOS 12.2 (11)JA1

12.2\(11\)ja1

Cisco IOS 12.2 (14.5)

12.2\(14.5\)

Cisco IOS 12.2 (14.5)T

12.2\(14.5\)t

Cisco IOS 12.2 (15)ZN

12.2\(15\)zn

Cisco IOS 12.2 (15.1)S

12.2\(15.1\)s

Cisco IOS 12.2 (16)B

12.2\(16\)b

Cisco IOS 12.2 (16.1)B

12.2\(16.1\)b

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