# CVE-2004-2395: Denial of service in n/a

> Local attackers can cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion in the passwd utility by triggering repeated failed read attempts.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8h63-79mj-3p3q

## What is CVE-2004-2395?

CVE-2004-2395 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, published on 17 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2395?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-2395?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2395 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-2395 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2395 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux

- [CVE-2004-1187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1187/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1188/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0041/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1042/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1043/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2395 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-2395 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, published on 17 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2395 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2395/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2395/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2395
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2395
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-2395

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.