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RedHat: RHSA-2019-1131 Important: FreeRADIUS Authentication Bypass

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A security patch for Freeradius has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, resolving critical vulnerabilities including an authentication exploit.
An update for freeradius is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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.
Security Fix(es):
* freeradius: eap-pwd: authentication bypass via an invalid curve attack (CVE-2019-11235)
* freeradius: eap-pwd: fake authentication using reflection (CVE-2019-11234)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important authentication bypass freeradius remote authentication

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11234 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11235 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.s390x.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.x86_64.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.src.rpm
aarch64: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.aarch64.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: freeradius-3.0.13-10.el7_6.s390x.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64: freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc.rpm freeradius-debuginfo-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64.rpm freeradius-devel-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc.rpm freeradius-devel-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64.rpm freeradius-doc-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64.rpm freeradius-krb5-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64.rpm freeradius-ldap-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64.rpm freeradius-mysql-3.0.13-10.el7_6.ppc64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1131-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1131
Issue date: 2019-05-09

Topic

An update for freeradius is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important authentication bypass freeradius remote authentication

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1695748 - CVE-2019-11235 freeradius: eap-pwd: authentication bypass via an invalid curve attack

1695783 - CVE-2019-11234 freeradius: eap-pwd: fake authentication using reflection

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