VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-2316

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

Cisco Catalyst 4000 series switches running CatOS 5.5.5, 6.3.5, and 7.1.2 do not always learn MAC addresses from a single initial packet, which causes unicast traffic to be broadcast across the switch and allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive network information by sniffing.

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