Description
rad_decode in FreeRADIUS 0.9.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a short RADIUS string attribute with a tag, which causes memcpy to be called with a -1 length argument, as demonstrated using the Tunnel-Password attribute.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106935911101493&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106944220426970
- http://marc.info/?l=freeradius-users&m=106947389449613&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-386.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10917
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106935911101493&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106944220426970
- http://marc.info/?l=freeradius-users&m=106947389449613&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-386.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10917
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 15, 2003
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified