CVE-2004-2392

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.015 · 75 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.54% (75th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

libuser 0.51.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or disk consumption) via unknown attack vectors, related to read failures and other bugs.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:770
FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:770
FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:770
FixedRed Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:770

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-400USLLM-inferred

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processorfstec_bduRU
mandrakesoft mandrake linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake linux= 9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake linux= 9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2005:770Red Hat Security Advisory: libuser security update2005-10-11csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated libuser packages that fix various security issues are now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2004-12-31modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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