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SuSE 11.3 Security Update : freeradius (SAT Patch Number 8968)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73510

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update fixes a denial of service (crash) security issue rlm_pap hash processing in FreeRadius, which could have been caused by special passwords fed into the RLM-PAP password checking method via LDAP by remote attackers.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8968.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864576

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2015.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73510

File Name: suse_11_freeradius-server-140228.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/15/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:freeradius-server-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:freeradius-server-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:freeradius-server-dialupadmin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:freeradius-server-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:freeradius-server

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2015