CVE-2008-2441

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Cisco Secure ACS 3.x before 3.3(4) Build 12 patch 7, 4.0.x, 4.1.x before 4.1(4) Build 13 Patch 11, and 4.2.x before 4.2(0) Build 124 Patch 4 does not properly handle an EAP Response packet in which the value of the length field exceeds the actual packet length, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CSRadius and CSAuth service crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted RADIUS (1) EAP-Response/Identity, (2) EAP-Response/MD5, or (3) EAP-Response/TLS Message Attribute packet.

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Affected products

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.

Evidence coverage

SSVC priority

LOW

Confidence

10%

Aliases

None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

1. 1020814 ↗
2. 20080903 Cisco Security Response: Cisco Secure ACS Denial Of Service Vulnerability ↗
3. 31731 ↗
4. 4216 ↗
5. 20080903 Cisco Secure ACS EAP Parsing Vulnerability ↗
6. 30997 ↗
7. cisco-sacs-eap-dos(44871) ↗

Record history

Published Sep 4, 2008 · Last refreshed Oct 23, 2026