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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RHSA-2009:1451 Moderate FreeRADIUS Issue

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Updated freeradius packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: freeradius security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2009:1451-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1451.html
Issue date:        2009-09-17
CVE Names:         CVE-2009-3111 
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1. Summary:

Updated freeradius packages that fix a security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

FreeRADIUS is a high-performance and highly configurable free Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server, designed to allow
centralized authentication and authorization for a network.

An input validation flaw was discovered in the way FreeRADIUS decoded
specific RADIUS attributes from RADIUS packets. A remote attacker could use
this flaw to crash the RADIUS daemon (radiusd) via a specially-crafted
RADIUS packet. (CVE-2009-3111)

Users of FreeRADIUS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the
update, radiusd will be restarted automatically.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network.  Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

521912 - CVE-2009-3111 FreeRADIUS: Missing check for Tunnel-Password attributes with zero length (DoS) -- re-appearance of CVE-2003-0967

6. Package List:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm

ia64:
freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm
freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm
freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm
freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm
freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm

ppc:
freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm
freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm
freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm
freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm
freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm

s390x:
freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.s390x.rpm
freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.s390x.rpm
freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.s390x.rpm
freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.s390x.rpm
freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3111
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RHSA-2009:1451 Moderate FreeRADIUS Issue

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2009
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New FreeRADIUS updates have been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux to address a moderate security vulnerability impacting network connectivity.
Updated freeradius packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

FreeRADIUS is a high-performance and highly configurable free Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server, designed to allow centralized authentication and authorization for a network.
An input validation flaw was discovered in the way FreeRADIUS decoded specific RADIUS attributes from RADIUS packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the RADIUS daemon (radiusd) via a specially-crafted RADIUS packet. (CVE-2009-3111)
Users of FreeRADIUS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, radiusd will be restarted automatically.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3111 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
x86_64: freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.i386.rpm
ia64: freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ia64.rpm
ppc: freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm freeradius-mysql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm freeradius-postgresql-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm freeradius-unixODBC-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.ppc.rpm
s390x: freeradius-1.1.3-1.5.el5_4.s390x.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1451-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2009-09-17

Topic

Updated freeradius packages that fix a security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

521912 - CVE-2009-3111 FreeRADIUS: Missing check for Tunnel-Password attributes with zero length (DoS) -- re-appearance of CVE-2003-0967

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