Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-3231
CVE-2020-3231
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.
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Affected products
3- Cisco/Cisco IOS 15.2(5a)Ev5Range: n/a
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-c2960L-DpWA9Re4nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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