SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2004-2395

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.

LOW 2.1EPSS 0.34%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
0.34% probability · 27th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
mandrakesoft/mandrake multi network firewall · mandrakesoft/mandrake linux · mandrakesoft/mandrake linux corporate server
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.