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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : freeradius vulnerabilities (USN-2122-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 72719
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled unix authentication. A remote user could successfully authenticate with an expired password. (CVE-2011-4966)Pierre Carrier discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled rlm_pap hash processing. An authenticated user could use this issue to cause FreeRADIUS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-2015).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected freeradius package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 72719
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2122-1.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/27/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeradius, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4966, CVE-2014-2015
USN: 2122-1