# CVE-2005-0108: Integer overflow in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash Apache or PAM RADIUS modules by sending a malformed RADIUS reply with a negative length, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jan 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0108, GHSA-p37h-5749-6mgg

## What is CVE-2005-0108?

CVE-2005-0108 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jan 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Apache mod_auth_radius 1.5.4 and libpam-radius-auth allow remote malicious RADIUS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RADIUS_REPLY_MESSAGE with a RADIUS attribute length of 1, which leads to a memcpy operation with a -1 length argument.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0108?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Mod Auth Radius.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-0108?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2005-0108 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0108 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0108 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-0108 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jan 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0108 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2005-0108/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0108/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0108
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0108
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0108

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