CVE-2008-5284

IEA Software RadiusNT/RadX <5.1.44 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-5284. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial-of-service vulnerability in multiple IEA Software products by sending a malformed HTTP POST request with an excessively large Content-Length value (2147483647). The vulnerability causes the affected application to crash due to improper handling of the request.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31128

This exploit triggers a denial-of-service vulnerability in multiple IEA Software products by sending a malformed HTTP POST request with an excessively large Content-Length value (2147483647). The vulnerability causes the affected application to crash due to improper handling of the request.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: IEA Software (Emerald 5.0.49 and prior, RadiusNT and RadiusX 5.1.38 and prior, Radius test client 4.0.20 and prior, Air Marshal 2.0.4 and prior)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target application
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.iea-software.com/docs/Radius40/changes.txt
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27701
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28846
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0484
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487810/100/200/threaded
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.iea-software.com/docs/airmarshal1/changes.txt
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.iea-software.com/docs/Emerald5/changes.txt

Scores

EPSS 0.0444
EPSS Percentile 90.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (50)
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.3
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.4
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.5
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.6
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.7
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.8
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.9
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.10
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.11
iea_software/air_marshal 1.0.15
... and 40 more
Published Nov 29, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026