RHEL 5 : freeradius2 (RHSA-2013:0134)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63415

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for freeradius2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0134 advisory.

- freeradius: does not respect expired passwords when using the unix module (CVE-2011-4966)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL freeradius2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0134.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63415

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0134.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/8/2013

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4966

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2-krb5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius2-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4966

RHSA: 2013:0134

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