Cistron RADIUS daemon (radiusd-cistron) 1.6.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large value in an NAS-Port attribute, which is interpreted as a negative number and causes a buffer overflow
Published Jun 20, 2003
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.17%
Description
Cistron RADIUS daemon (radiusd-cistron) 1.6.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large value in an NAS-Port attribute, which is interpreted as a negative number and causes a buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.6.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.17% (0.04171) | 90.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.17% (0.04171) | 89.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.40% (0.03402) | 86.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.80% (0.02799) | 91.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 3.39% (0.03390) | 91.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 5, 2023 | 3.67% (0.03675) | 90.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.89% (0.03888) | 90.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 86.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 70.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196063 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000664 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-321 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_030_radiusd_cistron.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-40.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196063 | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000664 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-321 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_030_radiusd_cistron.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-40.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOPatchVendor Advisory |
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