openSUSE 10 Security Update : freeradius (freeradius-6496)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42049

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of freeradius fixes a remote denial-of-service bug in function rad_decode() which can be triggered by zero-length Tunnel-Password attributes to make radiusd crash. (CVE-2009-3111)

Solution

Update the affected freeradius packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42049

File Name: suse_freeradius-6496.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/7/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeradius-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeradius-dialupadmin, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3111

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