CVE-2004-2395 describes a memory leak vulnerability in passwd version 0.68, affecting Mandrake Linux and related products. A local attacker can exploit this by initiating numerous failed password read attempts, leading to excessive memory consumption and a denial of service. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating local access and low attack complexity are required for a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mandrakesoft:mandrake_multi_network_firewall:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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