CVE-2003-0450 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow in the Cistron RADIUS daemon.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2003-0450?
CVE-2003-0450 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0450?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cistron Radius Daemon.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0450?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2003-0450 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0450 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DSA-321, GHSA-cw35-p78f-2qfc.