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Fedora 25 : freeradius (2017-24c64c531a)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102024

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Upgrade to upstream v3.0.15 release. See upstream ChangeLog for details (in freeradius-doc subpackage).

 - Resolves: Bug#1471848 CVE-2017-10978 freeradius:
 Out-of-bounds read/write due to improper output buffer size check in make_secret()

 - Resolves: Bug#1471860 CVE-2017-10983 freeradius:
 Out-of-bounds read in fr_dhcp_decode() when decoding option 63

 - Resolves: Bug#1471861 CVE-2017-10984 freeradius:
 Out-of-bounds write in data2vp_wimax()

 - Resolves: Bug#1471863 CVE-2017-10985 freeradius:
 Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes

 - Resolves: Bug#1471864 CVE-2017-10986 freeradius:
 Infinite read in dhcp_attr2vp()

 - Resolves: Bug#1471865 CVE-2017-10987 freeradius: Buffer over-read in fr_dhcp_decode_suboptions()

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Solution

Update the affected freeradius package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-24c64c531a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102024

File Name: fedora_2017-24c64c531a.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/28/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freeradius

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10978, CVE-2017-10983, CVE-2017-10984, CVE-2017-10985, CVE-2017-10986, CVE-2017-10987