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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697

Electronic Code Book (ECB) mode in VTun 2.0 through 2.5 uses a weak encryption algorithm that produces the same ciphertext from the same plaintext blocks, which could allow remote attackers to gain sensitive information.

Products
vtun
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.6-1
CVEs
CVE-2002-1697
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Dec 2002, 05:00 UTC

Electronic Code Book (ECB) mode in VTun 2.0 through 2.5 uses a weak encryption algorithm that produces the same ciphertext from the same plaintext blocks, which could allow remote attackers to gain sensitive information.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697

vtun

Fixed versions: 2.6-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697",
    "summary": "Electronic Code Book (ECB) mode in VTun 2.0 through 2.5 uses a weak encryption algorithm that produces the same ciphertext from the same plaintext blocks, which could allow remote attackers to gain sensitive information.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "vtun",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.6-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.6-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "vtun",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/vtun?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1697.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T00:00:02.774866319Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2002-1697"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1697"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2002-1697",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410923,
  "published_at": "2002-12-31T05:00:00+00:00"
}