CVE-2007-2332

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Nortel VPN Router (aka Contivity) 1000, 2000, 4000, and 5000 before 6_05.140 uses a fixed DES key to encrypt passwords, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain a password via a brute force attack on a hash from the LDAP store.

Affected products

Nortel Vpn Router 1010: all versions
Nortel Vpn Router 1050: all versions
Nortel Vpn Router 1100: all versions
Nortel Vpn Router 1700: all versions
Nortel Vpn Router 1740: all versions
Nortel Vpn Router 1750: all versions
Nortel Vpn Router 2700: all versions
Nortel Vpn Router 5000: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/24962
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23562
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1464
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=567877&RenditionID=&poid=null
http://secunia.com/advisories/24962
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23562
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1464
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=567877&RenditionID=&poid=null

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