FreeBSD : freeradius -- multiple vulnerabilities (ec2f2ff5-f710-11da-9156-000e0c2e438a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21679

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The freeradious development team reports :

Multiple issues exist with version 1.0.4, and all prior versions of the server. Externally exploitable vulnerabilities exist only for sites that use the rlm_sqlcounter module. Those sites may be vulnerable to SQL injection attacks, similar to the issues noted below. All sites that have not deployed the rlm_sqlcounter module are not vulnerable to external exploits.

The issues are : SQL Injection attack in the rlm_sqlcounter module.
Buffer overflow in the rlm_sqlcounter module, that may cause a server crash. Buffer overflow while expanding %t, that may cause a server crash.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78d9ef2d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21679

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ec2f2ff5f71011da9156000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 6/11/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:freeradius, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4744

BID: 17171