CVE-2012-4741
mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (8)
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- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29126135cnnvd
- http://www.packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1390cnnvd
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29126135enisa_euvd
- http://www.packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1390enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78868enisa_euvd
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29126135nvd
- http://www.packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1390Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78868nvd
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