Debian DSA-1145-1 : freeradius - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22687

Synopsis

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

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in freeradius, a high-performance RADIUS server, which may lead to SQL injection or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2005-4745 A SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in the rlm_sqlcounter module.

- CVE-2005-4746 Multiple buffer overflows have been discovered, allowing denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the freeradius packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-4sarge3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22687

File Name: debian_DSA-1145.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freeradius, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4745, CVE-2005-4746

DSA: 1145

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