PT-2004-3288 · Passwd · Passwd

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-2395

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: passwd version 0.68

Description: A memory leak in the passwd software allows local users to cause a denial of service through a large number of failed read attempts from the password buffer, resulting in memory consumption.

Recommendations: For version 0.68, consider updating to a newer version that addresses the memory leak issue to prevent denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2395

Affected Products

Passwd

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10370 · Patch
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2395 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16180 · Note