CVE-2024-3596 (GCVE-0-2024-3596)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-07-09 12:02
Modified
2025-11-04 17:20
Severity ?
9.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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.
References
cret@cert.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/09/4 Mailing List
cret@cert.org https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-723487.html
cret@cert.org https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794185.html
cret@cert.org https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-radext-deprecating-radius/ Technical Description
cret@cert.org https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2865 Technical Description
cret@cert.org https://networkradius.com/assets/pdf/radius_and_md5_collisions.pdf Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0014 Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org https://www.blastradius.fail/ Technical Description
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/09/4 Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-radext-deprecating-radius/ Technical Description
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2865 Technical Description
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://networkradius.com/assets/pdf/radius_and_md5_collisions.pdf Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0014 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240822-0001/ Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://today.ucsd.edu/story/computer-scientists-discover-vulnerabilities-in-a-popular-security-protocol Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.blastradius.fail/ Technical Description
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/456537
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