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GLSA-200612-17 : GNU Radius: Format string vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 23874

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-200612-17 (GNU Radius: Format string vulnerability)

 A format string vulnerability was found in the sqllog function from the SQL accounting code for radiusd. That function is only used if one or more of the 'postgresql', 'mysql' or 'odbc' USE flags are enabled, which is not the default, except for the 'server' 2006.1 and 2007.0 profiles which enable the 'mysql' USE flag.
 Impact :

 An unauthenticated remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running radiusd, which may be the root user.
 It is important to note that there is no default GNU Radius user for Gentoo systems because no init script is provided with the package.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GNU Radius users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dialup/gnuradius-1.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200612-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 23874

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200612-17.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 12/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnuradius, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4181

GLSA: 200612-17