CVE-2015-8762
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
The EAP-PWD module in FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a zero-length EAP-PWD packet.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.0 | |
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.1 | |
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.2 | |
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.3 | |
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.4 | |
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.5 | |
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.6 | |
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.7 | |
| freeradius | freeradius | 3.0.8 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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