Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freeradius (MDVSA-2012:159)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62425

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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 :

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cbtls_verify function in FreeRADIUS 2.1.10 through 2.1.12, when using TLS-based EAP methods, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long not after timestamp in a client certificate (CVE-2012-3547).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62425

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-159.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 10/4/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius-ldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:freeradius-web, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freeradius1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreeradius1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3547

BID: 55483

MDVSA: 2012:159

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