CVE-2004-1459 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Cisco ACS when configured as a LEAP RADIUS proxy by sending specific authentication requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1459?
CVE-2004-1459 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 3.2, when configured as a Light Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) RADIUS proxy, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via certain LEAP authentication requests.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1459?
How do I fix CVE-2004-1459?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1459 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2004-1459 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cxx4-wmc3-37mh.