{"id":"CVE-2004-2395","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-2395","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:58.878Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2004-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:09:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["mandrakesoft/mandrake multi network firewall","mandrakesoft/mandrake linux","mandrakesoft/mandrake linux corporate server"],"epss":{"score":0.00343,"percentile":0.27576,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16180","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16180","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2395","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}