CVE-2015-8762

freeradius: the EAP-PWD module performs insufficient validation on packets received from an EAP peer

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · May 4, 2015

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

The EAP-PWD module in FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a zero-length EAP-PWD packet.

Statement

This issue affects the version of freeradius as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.9
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation