Apache mod_auth_radius 1.5.4 length denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apache mod_auth_radius 1.5.4. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument length with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apache mod_auth_radius 1.5.4 and libpam-radius-auth allow remote malicious RADIUS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RADIUS_REPLY_MESSAGE with a RADIUS attribute length of 1, which leads to a memcpy operation with a -1 length argument.

The bug was discovered 01/26/2005. The weakness was published 01/11/2005 with LSS Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0108 since 01/18/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16252 (Debian DSA-659-1 : libpam-radius-auth - information leak, integer underflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18841) and Tenable (16252). Similar entry is available at VDB-23872.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 16252
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-659-1 : libpam-radius-auth - information leak, integer underflow
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OpenVAS ID: 53492
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 659-1 (libpam-radius-auth)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Organization: LSS Security
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0108 (🔍)
X-Force: 18841
SecurityTracker: 1012829
Vulnerability Center: 6979 - DoS in mod_auth_radius 1.3.9 - 1.5.4 via RADIUS, High
SecurityFocus: 12217 - Apache mod_auth_radius Malformed RADIUS Server Reply Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 13773
OSVDB: 12849 - libpam-radius-auth reply message denial of service

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 05/29/2019 18:28
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (74), 05/29/2019 18:28 (11)
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