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Oracle Linux 5 : freeradius (ELSA-2009-1451)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67926

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:1451 :

Updated freeradius packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

FreeRADIUS is a high-performance and highly configurable free Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server, designed to allow centralized authentication and authorization for a network.

An input validation flaw was discovered in the way FreeRADIUS decoded specific RADIUS attributes from RADIUS packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the RADIUS daemon (radiusd) via a specially crafted RADIUS packet. (CVE-2009-3111)

Users of FreeRADIUS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, radiusd will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected freeradius packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2009-September/001156.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67926

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1451.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:oracle:linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:freeradius-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:freeradius-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:freeradius-unixodbc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0967, CVE-2009-3111

RHSA: 2009:1451