TI-2015-07211 Aliases CVE-2015-8762 GHSA-934x-42xg-xxfr

The EAP-PWD module in FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a…

LOW 30CWE-476Published 2017-03-27 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01601 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.0:::::::*	3.0.0	Vulnerable	freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.1:::::::*	3.0.1	Vulnerable	freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.2:::::::*	3.0.2	Vulnerable	freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.3:::::::*	3.0.3	Vulnerable	freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.4:::::::*	3.0.4	Vulnerable	freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.5:::::::*	3.0.5	Vulnerable	freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.6:::::::*	3.0.6	Vulnerable	freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.7:::::::*	3.0.7	Vulnerable	freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.8:::::::*	3.0.8	Vulnerable	freeradius

cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.2 Vulnerable ·freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.3 Vulnerable ·freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.4 Vulnerable ·freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.5 Vulnerable ·freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.6 Vulnerable ·freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.7 Vulnerable ·freeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.8 Vulnerable ·freeradius

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-8762
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-934x-42xg-xxfr

References

Patch 1

[oss-security] 20160108 Re: CVE Request: freeradius: the EAP-PWD module performs insufficient validation on packets received from an EAP peer

Other 1

http://freeradius.org/security.html#eap-pwd-2015

TI-2019-07466 Race condition in freeradius CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
TI-2024-03351 RADIUS Protocol under RFC2865 is vulnerable to forgery attacks. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
TI-2019-08409 FreeRADIUS before 3.0.19 does not prevent use of reflection for authentication spoofing… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-08061 An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-08066 An FR-GV-301 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Write overflow in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-06599 The TLS session cache in FreeRADIUS 2.1.1 through 2.1.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.14, 3.1.x… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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