CVE-2003-0450

Public Exploit

Description

Cistron RADIUS daemon (radiusd-cistron) 1.6.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large value in an NAS-Port attribute, which is interpreted as a negative number and causes a buffer overflow.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.40% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory turbolinux.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-40.txt	patch vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196063	exploit patch vendor advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000664	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-321	patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_030_radiusd_cistron.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0450?: CVE-2003-0450 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0450?: To fix CVE-2003-0450, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-0450 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2003-0450 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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