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>> Cisco IOS Remote AAA RADIUS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Title : Cisco IOS Remote AAA RADIUS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0926
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2105
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-06-30


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A vulnerability was identified in Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS), which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain unauthorized access. This flaw is due to an error when processing a sufficiently long username and IOS is configured with AAA Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) and a "none" fallback method, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass the RADIUS authentication and gain unauthorized access to the affected service.

Affected Products

Cisco IOS 12.2T based trains (if configured with RADIUS and a "none" fallback method)
Cisco IOS 12.3 based trains (if configured with RADIUS and a "none" fallback method)
Cisco IOS 12.3T based trains (if configured with RADIUS and a "none" fallback method)
Cisco IOS 12.4 based trains (if configured with RADIUS and a "none" fallback method)

Solution

Upgrade to newer versions :
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050629-aaa.shtml#software

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0926
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050629-aaa.shtml

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor

ChangeLog

2005-06-30 : Initial release
2005-07-04 : Updated CVE

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