CVE-2006-4983 (GCVE-0-2006-4983)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-09-26 01:43 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:32
VLAI
Summary
Cisco NAC allows quarantined devices to communicate over the network with (1) DNS, (2) DHCP, and (3) EAPoUDP, which allows attackers to bypass control methods by tunneling network traffic through one of these protocols.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446421/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/30977 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.insightix.com/files/pdf/Bypassing_NAC_… x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2006-09-19 00:00
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