The web server in IEA Software RadiusNT and RadiusX 5.1.38 and other versions before 5.1.44, Emerald 5.0.49 and other versions before 5.0.52, Air Marshal 2.0.4 and other versions before 2.0.8, and Radius test client (aka Radlogin) 4.0.20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP Content-Length header with a negative value, which triggers a single byte overwrite of memory using a NULL terminator. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
CVE-2008-5284
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 90.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 29, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttp://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/emerdal-adv.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/28846
- cve@mitrehttp://www.iea-software.com/docs/Emerald5/changes.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://www.iea-software.com/docs/Radius40/changes.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://www.iea-software.com/docs/airmarshal1/changes.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487810/100/200/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27701
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0484
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/emerdal-adv.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28846
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iea-software.com/docs/Emerald5/changes.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iea-software.com/docs/Radius40/changes.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iea-software.com/docs/airmarshal1/changes.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487810/100/200/threaded
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27701
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-31128✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 8, 2008
IEA Software (Multiple Products) - POST Denial of Service
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