CVE-2015-8764

Publication date 27 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Off-by-one error in the EAP-PWD module in FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.8, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Read the notes from the security team

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

Notes

sbeattie

according to upstream, EAP-PWD not enabled by default

mdeslaur

3.0+ only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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