CVE-2004-2395

Description

Memory leak in passwd 0.68 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of failed read attempts from the password buffer.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16180

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3