PT-2017-7471
CVE-2015-8762
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Published
2017-03-27
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Updated
2017-03-30
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.3
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
FreeRADIUS versions 3.0 through 3.0.8
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a server crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This can be achieved by sending a zero-length EAP-PWD packet.
Recommendations
For FreeRADIUS versions 3.0 through 3.0.8, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent remote attackers from causing a denial of service.
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