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CVE-2001-1376

high

Buffer overflow in digest calculation function of multiple RADIUS implementations allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arb…

Vendor / product: Ascend — radius

Buffer overflow in digest calculation function of multiple RADIUS implementations allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via shared secret data.

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v2.0)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity source: NVD CVSS v2.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2002-03-04 05:00
Modified: 2026-11-12 00:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-12 00:12 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

ascend / radius 1.16
freeradius / freeradius 0.2, 0.3
gnu / radius 0.92.1, 0.93, 0.94, 0.95
icradius / icradius 0.14, 0.15, 0.16, 0.17, 0.17b, 0.18
livingston / radius 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1
lucent / radius 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1
miquel_van_smoorenburg_cistron / radius 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6_.0
openradius / openradius 0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3
radiusclient / radiusclient 0.3.1
xtradius / xtradius 1.1_pre1
yard_radius / yard_radius 1.0.17, 1.0.18, 1.0.19, 1.0_pre13, 1.0_pre14, 1.0_pre15
yard_radius_project / yard_radius 1.0.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

NVD-CWE-Other

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/239784
Vendor advisory: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3530
Vendor advisory: http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/239784
Vendor advisory: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3530
Patch / mitigation: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-06.html
Patch / mitigation: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3530
Patch / mitigation: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-06.html
Patch / mitigation: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3530

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-12 00:12 UTC · record ↗

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