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CVE-2005-4746

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Multiple buffer overflows in FreeRADIUS 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause denial of service (crash) via (1) the rlm_sqlcounter module or (2) unknown vectors "while expanding %t".

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Freeradius — Freeradius

CWEs

References

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:19:21.210",
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