CVE-2002-0545 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Aironet devices running versions prior to 11.21, specifically models AP340 and AP350, when Telnet is enabled. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a device reboot by repeatedly attempting to log in with invalid credentials. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available, though it has received some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:aironet_ap340:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 11.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:aironet_ap350:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:aironet_ap350:11.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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