CVE-2004-2163 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

login_radius on OpenBSD 3.2, 3.5, and possibly other versions does not verify the shared secret in a response packet from a RADIUS server, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by spoofing server replies.

Published: 2005-07-10

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2155	login_radius on OpenBSD 3.2, 3.5, and possibly other versions does not verify the shared secret in a response packet from a RADIUS server, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by spoofing server replies.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01153.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q3/0058.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12617
http://www.openbsd.org/errata35.html#radius
http://www.osvdb.org/10203
http://www.reseau.nl/advisories/0400-openbsd-radius.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11227
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17456

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-10T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:15:01.629Z

Reserved: 2005-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2163

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2163

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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