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PUBLISHED DATE: December 31, 2002CVE-2002-2316:
Cisco Catalyst 4000 series...

CVSS:
5
EPSS:
30.90%
Exploitability:
10
In KEV:
No
Description

Cisco Catalyst 4000 series switches running CatOS 5.5.5, 6.3.5, and 7.1.2 do not always learn MAC addresses from a single initial packet, which causes unicast traffic to be broadcast across the switch and allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive network information by sniffing.

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