GLSA-200409-29 : FreeRADIUS: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14797

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-29 (FreeRADIUS: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities)

There are undisclosed defects in the way FreeRADIUS handles incorrect received packets.
Impact :

A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets to the FreeRADIUS server to deny service to other users by crashing the server.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All FreeRADIUS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-dialup/freeradius-1.0.1' # emerge '>=net-dialup/freeradius-1.0.1'

See Also

http://freeradius.org/security/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200409-29

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14797

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200409-29.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 9/23/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:gentoo:linux:freeradius, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0938, CVE-2004-0960, CVE-2004-0961

GLSA: 200409-29