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CVE-2020-27184 (GCVE-0-2020-27184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-14 12:06 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:11
VLAI
Summary
The NPort IA5000A Series devices use Telnet as one of the network device management services. Telnet does not support the encryption of client-server communications, making it vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attacks.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a NPort IA5000A Series with Telnet enabled Affected: All versions
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