# CVE-2002-0241: Auth bypass in n/a

> Cisco Secure ACS fails to check user status in Novell Directory Services, allowing disabled or expired users to authenticate.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2003
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fc5v-r7j2-4w95

## What is CVE-2002-0241?

CVE-2002-0241 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

NDSAuth.DLL in Cisco Secure Authentication Control Server (ACS) 3.0.1 does not check the Expired or Disabled state of users in the Novell Directory Services (NDS), which could allow those users to authenticate to the server.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0241?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Secure Access Control Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-0241?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-0241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-4098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4098/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1099/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1054](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1054/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1055](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1055/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-3466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3466/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-0241 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-0241 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0241/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0241/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0241
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0241
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-0241

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0241/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.