Scientific Linux Security Update : freeradius on SL7.x x86_64 (20170628)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101104

Synopsis

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

Description

Security Fix(es) :

- An authentication bypass flaw was found in the way the EAP module in FreeRADIUS handled TLS session resumption.
A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the inner authentication check in FreeRADIUS by resuming an older unauthenticated TLS session. (CVE-2017-9148)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c2f47fef

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101104

File Name: sl_20170628_freeradius_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2017

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-doc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-krb5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-ldap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-mysql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-perl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-python, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-utils, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9148