CVE-2009-3111
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 11.2%EU EUVD
The rad_decode function in FreeRADIUS before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (radiusd crash) via zero-length Tunnel-Password attributes, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 7.6 through 8.11. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2003-0967.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 11.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3094)
- Published
- September 9, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3094 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
- freeradius / freeradius
References
- http://github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/860cad9e02ba344edb0038419e415fe05a9a01f4(Patch)
- http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36509
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/09/1(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1451.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36263
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
- https://lists.freeradius.org/pipermail/freeradius-users/2009-September/msg00242.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9919
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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