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SuSE 10 Security Update : freeradius (ZYPP Patch Number 6499)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41966

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update of freeradius fixes a remote denial-of-service bug in function rad_decode() which can be triggered by zero-length Tunnel-Password attributes to make radiusd crash. (CVE-2009-3111)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6499.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3111.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41966

File Name: suse_freeradius-6499.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3111