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CVE-2004-2395

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in passwd 0.68 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of failed read attempts from the password buffer.

Affected products

• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 2.1
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall: 8.2

References

• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16180
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16180

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