Debian DSA-2726-1 : php-radius - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 69083

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Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the Radius extension for PHP.
The function handling Vendor Specific Attributes assumed that the attributes given would always be of valid length. An attacker could use this assumption to trigger a buffer overflow.

Solution

Upgrade the php-radius packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-2+squeeze1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-2.3+deb7u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69083

File Name: debian_DSA-2726.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-radius, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2220

BID: 60845

DSA: 2726

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