CVE-2012-4741

Published: Aug 31, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The RADIUS extension in PacketFence before 3.3.0 uses a different user name than is used for authentication for users with custom VLAN assignment extensions, which allows remote attackers to spoof user identities via the User-Name RADIUS attribute.

Affected (1)

Products: Packetfence: Packetfence

Packetfence

1 product

Packetfence

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Packetfence Packetfence	Up to 3.2.0

Related CWEs

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (6)

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29126135

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1390

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78868

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29126135

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1390

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78868

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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