First published: Tue Jan 11 2005(Updated: )
Apache mod_auth_radius 1.5.4 and libpam-radius-auth allow remote malicious RADIUS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RADIUS_REPLY_MESSAGE with a RADIUS attribute length of 1, which leads to a memcpy operation with a -1 length argument.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Apache Mod Auth Radius | =1.5.4 |
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CVE-2005-0108 has a high severity rating due to its potential to cause a denial of service.
To mitigate CVE-2005-0108, upgrade to a version of Apache mod_auth_radius that is not susceptible to this vulnerability.
CVE-2005-0108 specifically affects Apache mod_auth_radius version 1.5.4.
CVE-2005-0108 exploits systems by sending a malformed RADIUS_REPLY_MESSAGE that triggers a crash.
Yes, CVE-2005-0108 can be exploited remotely by malicious RADIUS servers.