Description
Nortel Contivity VPN Client 2.1.7, 3.00, 3.01, 4.91, and 5.01, when opening a VPN tunnel, does not check the gateway certificate until after a dialog box has been displayed to the user, which creates a race condition that allows remote attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.0/10
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12881Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011846
- http://www.osvdb.org/11002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11495
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?level=6&category=8&subcategory=6&subtype=&DocumentOID=276620&RenditionID=REND159588
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17812
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12881Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011846
- http://www.osvdb.org/11002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11495
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?level=6&category=8&subcategory=6&subtype=&DocumentOID=276620&RenditionID=REND159588
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17812
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 31, 2004
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified