CVE-2004-2621 describes a race condition in Nortel Contivity VPN Client versions 2.1.7 through 5.01. The vulnerability arises because the client fails to validate the gateway certificate before displaying a user dialog during VPN tunnel establishment, enabling remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. With a CVSS score of 4.0, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:nortel:contivity:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:nortel:contivity:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:nortel:contivity:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:nortel:contivity:4.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:nortel:contivity:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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