CVE-2020-3231

MEDIUM

Cisco IOS - Unauthenticated Broadcast Traffic Forwarding via 802.1X Port Mishandling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the 802.1X feature of Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst CDB-8P Switches could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to forward broadcast traffic before being authenticated on the port. The vulnerability exists because broadcast traffic that is received on the 802.1X-enabled port is mishandled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending broadcast traffic on the port before being authenticated. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send and receive broadcast traffic on the 802.1X-enabled port before authentication.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.4%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-284 CWE-863
Status published
Products (22)
cisco/ios 15.2\(5\)e2
cisco/ios 15.2\(5\)ex
cisco/ios 15.2\(5a\)e
cisco/ios 15.2\(5b\)e
cisco/ios 15.2\(5c\)e
cisco/ios 15.2\(6\)e
cisco/ios 15.2\(6\)e0c
cisco/ios 15.2\(6\)e1
cisco/ios 15.2\(6\)e1a
cisco/ios 15.2\(6\)e1s
... and 12 more
Published Jun 03, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026