CVE-2009-3111 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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 in VulnDisco Pack Professional 7.6 through 8.11. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2003-0967.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.18% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-09-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freeradius | freeradius |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FreeRadius < 1.1.8 - Zero-Length Tunnel-Password Denial of Service | 2009-09-11 |
References
- http://github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/860cad9e02ba344edb0038419e415fe05a9a01f4
- http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36509
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/09/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1451.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36263
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
- https://lists.freeradius.org/pipermail/freeradius-users/2009-September/msg00242.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9919
- http://github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/860cad9e02ba344edb0038419e415fe05a9a01f4
- http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36509
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
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