CVE-2004-2621: Race Condition
First published: Fri Dec 31 2004(Updated: )
Nortel Contivity VPN Client 2.1.7, 3.00, 3.01, 4.91, and 5.01, when opening a VPN tunnel, does not check the gateway certificate until after a dialog box has been displayed to the user, which creates a race condition that allows remote attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Nortel Contivity | =3.01 | |
| Nortel Contivity | =3.00 | |
| Nortel Contivity | =2.1.7 | |
| Nortel Contivity | =4.91 | |
| Nortel Contivity | =5.01 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11495
- http://www.osvdb.org/11002
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011846
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12881
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?level=6&category=8&subcategory=6&subtype=&DocumentOID=276620&RenditionID=REND159588
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17812
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- vendor/nortel
- canonical/nortel contivity
- version/nortel contivity/3.01
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- version/nortel contivity/2.1.7
- version/nortel contivity/4.91
- version/nortel contivity/5.01