CVE-2002-0852 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Cisco VPN Client versions 3.5.4 and earlier. These flaws allow unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending specially crafted Internet Key Exchange (IKE) packets with either an oversized Security Parameter Index (SPI) payload or an excessive number of valid payloads. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring low attack complexity and impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.1:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.1:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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