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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freeradius (MDVSA-2009:227-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43851

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in freeradius :

The rad_decode function in FreeRADIUS before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (radiusd crash) via zero-length Tunnel-Password attributes. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2003-0967 (CVE-2009-3111).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Update :

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43851

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-227.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 1/12/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius1-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius1-ldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius1-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius1-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius1-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius1-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius1-ldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius1-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius1-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius1-unixodbc, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3111

MDVSA: 2009:227-1