CVE-2004-0961

Description

Memory leak in FreeRADIUS before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a series of Access-Request packets with (1) Ascend-Send-Secret, (2) Ascend-Recv-Secret, or (3) Tunnel-Password attributes.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.64% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-29.xml	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10024	vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11222	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17440	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541574	third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0961?: CVE-2004-0961 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0961?: To fix CVE-2004-0961, 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-2004-0961 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-0961 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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