Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 764
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 764

Gentoo: GLSA 202101-27 Normal: FreeRADIUS Root Access Issue

gentoo
Calendar Grey January 25, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Tackling the issue of elevated privileges in FreeRADIUS on Gentoo; ensure system security with immediate updates.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Gentoo's systemd unit for FreeRADIUS which could lead to root privilege escalation.

Summary

It was discovered that Gentoo’s FreeRADIUS systemd unit set permissions on an unsafe directory on start.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation root access freeRADIUS normal severity systemd systemd unit

Resolution

All FreeRADIUS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-dialup/freeradius-3.0.20-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-27
style>.gentoo_availability{display:block;}

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.

Severity: Normal
Title: FreeRADIUS: Root privilege escalation
Date: January 26, 2021
Bugs: #630910
ID: 202101-27

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation root access freeRADIUS normal severity systemd systemd unit

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Gentoo's systemd unit for FreeRADIUS which could lead to root privilege escalation.

Background

FreeRADIUS is a modular, high performance free RADIUS suite.

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-dialup/freeradius < 3.0.20-r1 >= 3.0.20-r1

Impact

===== A local attacker could escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Your message here