CVE-2004-0961 json
Memory leak in FreeRADIUS before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a series of Access-Requ…
published 2004-10-20 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0959
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 3.3%
- EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Memory leak in FreeRADIUS before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a series of Access-Request packets with (1) Ascend-Send-Secret, (2) Ascend-Recv-Secret, or (3) Tunnel-Password attributes.
Patch / fix
- freeradius Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0961
- freeradius RHEL 3 1.0.1-1.RHEL3
red hat advisories RHSA-2004:609
- securityfocus.com/bid/11222 advisory
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0961 updated
security flaw
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 freeradius 1.0.1-1.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 freeradius 1.0.1-1.RHEL3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:609
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
3.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/11222
vdb-entry, patch, vendor-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/glsa-200409-29.xml
vendor-advisory
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oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10024
vdb-entry, signature
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/17440
vdb-entry
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kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/541574
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2004-0961
- NVD CVE-2004-0961
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