CVE-2004-2395

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Memory leak in passwd 0.68 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of failed read attempts from the password buffer.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16180
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16180

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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