VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-17185

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-03-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In FreeRADIUS 3.0.x before 3.0.20, the EAP-pwd module used a global OpenSSL BN_CTX instance to handle all handshakes. This mean multiple threads use the same BN_CTX instance concurrently, resulting in crashes when concurrent EAP-pwd handshakes are initiated. This can be abused by an adversary as a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-662

Primary references