Cisco ACS 3.0.1 Novell Directory Services NDSAuth.DLL improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ACS 3.0.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library NDSAuth.DLL of the component Novell Directory Services. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0241. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco ACS 3.0.1. This affects an unknown function in the library NDSAuth.DLL of the component Novell Directory Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NDSAuth.DLL in Cisco Secure Authentication Control Server (ACS) 3.0.1 does not check the Expired or Disabled state of users in the Novell Directory Services (NDS), which could allow those users to authenticate to the server.

The bug was discovered 02/07/2002. The weakness was published 05/29/2002 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0241. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 111 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8106), SecurityFocus (BID 4048†), OSVDB (5340†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11244†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/07/2002 🔍
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05/29/2002 +111 days 🔍
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07/11/2014 +2999 days 🔍
06/17/2019 +1802 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0241 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0241
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18165
X-Force: 8106
SecurityFocus: 4048 - Cisco Secure ACS NDS Expired/Disabled User Authentication Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5340 - Cisco - Secure ACS for Windows - NDS Expired.Disabled User Authentication
Vulnerability Center: 11244 - [cisco-sa-20020207-acs-nds-auth] Cisco ACS Allows Outdated Authentication, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:00
Updated: 06/17/2019 07:05
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:00 (55), 06/17/2019 07:05 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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