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CVE-2004-0961

Memory leak in FreeRADIUS before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a se

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02641
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

3
freeradiusall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
redhat fedora coreall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD09 Feb 2005 · 05:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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rhsaRHSA-2004:609
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-29.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541574Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11222PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17440
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10024
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