Auth bypass in Cisco iOS

CVE-2005-1020

Secure Shell (SSH) 2 in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) (1) via a username that contains a domain name when using a TACACS+ server to authenticate, (2) when a new SSH session is in the login phase and a currently logged in user issues a send command, or (3) when IOS is logging messages and an SSH session is terminated while the server is sending data.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (75.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Cisco Ios — versions 12.0, 12.0\(23\)s4, 12.0\(23\)s5
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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