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Vulnerability record · CVE-2001-1081 · published 6 July 2001

CVE-2001-1081: Lucent radius vulnerability

Lucent · Radius

Format string vulnerabilities in Livingston/Lucent RADIUS before 2.1.va.1 may allow local or remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format specifiers that are injected into log messages.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.8% · top 14.3%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
2.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Format string vulnerabilities in Livingston/Lucent RADIUS before 2.1.va.1 may allow local or remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format specifiers that are injected into log messages.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/apps/freshmeat/2001-07/0009.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q3/0005.html
http://freshmeat.net/releases/52020/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2994 PatchVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/apps/freshmeat/2001-07/0009.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q3/0005.html
http://freshmeat.net/releases/52020/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2994 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2001-1081), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.