FreeBSD : freeradius3 -- insufficient validation on packets (0c2c4d84-42a2-11e5-9daa-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85426

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jouni Malinen reports :

The EAP-PWD module performed insufficient validation on packets received from an EAP peer. This module is not enabled in the default configuration. Administrators must manually enable it for their server to be vulnerable. Only versions 3.0 up to 3.0.8 are affected.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://freeradius.org/security/#eap-pwd-2015

http://www.nessus.org/u?10c4cd1c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85426

File Name: freebsd_pkg_0c2c4d8442a211e59daa14dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:freeradius3, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2015