CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5471

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Mar 06, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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A Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS, and OCTOPUS Classic Platform Switches. A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information through a successful man-in-the-middle attack.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Hirschmann_rs20-0900mmm2tdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-0900nnm4tdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-0900vvm2tdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2l2sdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2m2sdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2s2sdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2t1sdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600m2m2sdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600m2t1sdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2m2sdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2s2sdauBelden- (including)- (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2t1sdauBelden- (including)- (including)

Potential Mitigations

References