CVE-2004-0960: Medium severity FreeRADIUS freeradius vulnerability

Published Oct 20, 2004
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Updated

FreeRADIUS before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump) via malformed USR vendor-specific attributes (VSA) that cause a memcpy operation with a -1 argument.

Affected Software

14 affected components
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.2
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.3
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.4
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.5
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.8
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.8.1
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.9
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.9.1
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.9.2
FreeRADIUS freeradius=0.9.3
FreeRADIUS freeradius=1.0.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=3.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=3.0
redhat Fedora Core=core_2.0

Remediation

Event History

Oct 20, 2004
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:00 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0960?

CVE-2004-0960 has a severity rating that indicates a denial of service vulnerability affecting FreeRADIUS.

2

How do I fix CVE-2004-0960?

To fix CVE-2004-0960, upgrade FreeRADIUS to version 1.0.1 or later.

3

What versions of FreeRADIUS are affected by CVE-2004-0960?

CVE-2004-0960 affects FreeRADIUS versions prior to 1.0.1, including 0.2 through 0.9.3.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2004-0960?

CVE-2004-0960 is a denial of service vulnerability caused by malformed vendor-specific attributes.

5

Can CVE-2004-0960 be exploited remotely?

Yes, CVE-2004-0960 can be exploited remotely by attackers sending specially crafted requests.

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