Gentoo: GLSA-201311-09 High Severity: FreeRADIUS Risks and Protection
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November 13, 2013
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeRADIUS, the worst of which allow execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeRADIUS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All FreeRADIUS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/freeradius-2.2.0"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3696 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3696 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-3697 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3697 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-2701 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2701 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-3547 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3547
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201311-09
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: High
Title: FreeRADIUS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 13, 2013
Bugs: #339389, #386183, #434802
ID: 201311-09
Background
FreeRADIUS is an open source RADIUS authentication server.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dialup/freeradius < 2.2.0 >= 2.2.0
Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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