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Ubuntu 13.10: USN-2122-1 Critical: FreeRADIUS DoS Threat

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Several security issues were fixed in FreeRADIUS.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2122-1
February 26, 2014

freeradius vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRADIUS.

Software Description:
- freeradius: high-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server

Details:

It was discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled unix authentication.
A remote user could successfully authenticate with an expired password.
(CVE-2011-4966)

Pierre Carrier discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled rlm_pap
hash processing. An authenticated user could use this issue to cause
FreeRADIUS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases should
reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-2015)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
  freeradius                      2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  freeradius                      2.1.12+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  freeradius                      2.1.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.12.04.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  freeradius                      2.1.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  
  CVE-2011-4966, CVE-2014-2015

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu5.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.12+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.12.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1




Ubuntu 13.10: USN-2122-1 Critical: FreeRADIUS DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey February 26, 2014
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Bulletin USN-2122-1 highlights critical vulnerabilities in FreeRADIUS to prevent service disruptions and authentication failures.
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRADIUS.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: freeradius 2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu5.1 Ubuntu 12.10: freeradius 2.1.12+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: freeradius 2.1.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.12.04.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: freeradius 2.1.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2011-4966, CVE-2014-2015

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February 26, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu5.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.12+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.12.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

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