CVE-2002-0848 Information

Description

Cisco VPN 5000 series concentrator hardware 6.0.21.0002 and earlier and 5.2.23.0003 and earlier when using RADIUS with a challenge type of Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Challenge sends the user password in cleartext in a validation retry request which could allow remote attackers to steal passwords via sniffing.

Reference

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417