CVE-2009-3111

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-09-07
Bugzilla:
521912: CVE-2009-3111 FreeRADIUS: Missing check for Tunnel-Password attributes with zero length (DoS) -- re-appearance of CVE-2003-0967

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The rad_decode function in FreeRADIUS before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (radiusd crash) via zero-length Tunnel-Password attributes, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 7.6 through 8.11. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2003-0967.

Find out more about CVE-2009-3111 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (freeradius) RHSA-2009:1451 2009-09-17

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