CVE-2015-8762

Publication date 27 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freeradius	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

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Notes

sbeattie

EAP-PWD module not enabled in default configuration

mdeslaur

3.0+ only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://freeradius.org/security.html#eap-pwd-2015
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8762