Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : FreeRADIUS vulnerabilities (USN-5785-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169516

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5785-1 advisory.

It was discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled multiple EAP-pwd handshakes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-17185)

Shane Guan discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled memory when checking unknown SIM option sent by EAP-SIM supplicant. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service on the server.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-41860)

It was discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled memory when processing certain abinary attributes.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service on the server. (CVE-2022-41861)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5785-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169516

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5785-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41860

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-python3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-yubikey, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-dhcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-krb5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-memcached, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreeradius2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-redis, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-rest, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-iodbc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreeradius-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-config, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreeradius3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius-postgresql, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17185, CVE-2022-41860, CVE-2022-41861

USN: 5785-1