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RHEL 7 : freeradius (RHSA-2017:1581)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 101078
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for freeradius.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1581 advisory.FreeRADIUS is a high-performance and highly configurable free Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server, designed to allow centralized authentication and authorization for a network.
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)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL freeradius package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:1581.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?9d83f8ce
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1581
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 101078
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-1581.nasl
Version: 3.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/28/2017
Updated: 3/21/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9148
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-krb5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeradius-perl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-9148