CVE-2024-3596 (GCVE-0-2024-3596)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 12:02 – Updated: 2025-11-04 17:20
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Title
RADIUS Protocol under RFC2865 is vulnerable to forgery attacks.
Summary
RADIUS Protocol under RFC 2865 is susceptible to forgery attacks by a local attacker who can modify any valid Response (Access-Accept, Access-Reject, or Access-Challenge) to any other response using a chosen-prefix collision attack against MD5 Response Authenticator signature.
Severity ?
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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IETF RFC Affected: 2865
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Credits
Thanks to Sharon Goldberg, Miro Haller, Nadia Heninger, Mike Milano, Dan Shumow, Marc Stevens, and Adam Suhl who researched and reported this vulnerability
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