CVE-2004-0961 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion in FreeRADIUS by sending crafted Access-Request packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0961?
CVE-2004-0961 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 20 Oct 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0961?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Freeradius Freeradius, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Fedora Core.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0961?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-0961 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0961 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0961, GHSA-x6x8-7c65-c9gg.