CVE-2009-3111
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-09-09 18:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 06540c378650033fc94e8b93d0a29f58c1427b11004b013e847a070a5eb8f873
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com36263http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36263
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:018http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- github.comhttp://github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/860cad9e02ba344edb0038419e415fe05a9a01f4
- lists.freeradius.org[freeradius-users] 20090909 Version 1.1.8 has been releasedhttps://lists.freeradius.org/pipermail/freeradius-users/2009-September/msg00242.html
- secunia.com36509http://secunia.com/advisories/36509
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9919https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9919
- intevydis.comhttp://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3184http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:016http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090909 CVE Request -- FreeRADIUS 1.1.8http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/09/1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1451http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1451.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freeradius Fixed in 2.0.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freeradius Fixed in 2.0.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freeradius Fixed in 2.0.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.