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Scientific Linux Security Update : freeradius on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20121002)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62427

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Synopsis

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

Description

FreeRADIUS is a high-performance and highly configurable free Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server, designed to allow centralized authentication and authorization for a network.

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way radiusd handled the expiration date field in X.509 client certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash radiusd if it were configured to use the certificate or TLS tunnelled authentication methods (such as EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP). (CVE-2012-3547)

Users of FreeRADIUS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, radiusd will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?23413003

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62427

File Name: sl_20121002_freeradius_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/4/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-krb5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-ldap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-mysql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-perl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-python, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:freeradius-utils, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3547