Security Advisory freeradius security update

Advisory: RHSA-2004:609-06
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Moderate
Issued on: 2004-11-12
Last updated on: 2004-11-12
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2004-0938
CVE-2004-0960
CVE-2004-0961

Details

Updated freeradius packages that fix a number of denial of service
vulnerabilities as well as minor bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3.

FreeRADIUS is a high-performance and highly configurable free RADIUS server
designed to allow centralized authentication and authorization for a network.

A number of flaws were found in FreeRADIUS versions prior to 1.0.1. An
attacker who is able to send packets to the server could construct
carefully constructed packets in such a way as to cause the server to
consume memory or crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2004-0938, CAN-2004-0960, and
CAN-2004-0961 to these issues.

Users of FreeRADIUS should update to these erratum packages that contain
FreeRADIUS 1.0.1, which is not vulnerable to these issues and also corrects
a number of bugs.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    621656bce9be62e733c090dd0bc81059
 
IA-32:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    d455913a52551fff9996afe88d80f938
 
IA-64:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    f7ee2516c9be633615450308ed855ac3
 
PPC:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    5acba566ecb5a125c39348d7d7055115
 
s390:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    9f5b97aeb4e992d5dcba4af94e2b1cc0
 
s390x:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    48c5fded9dee50eba358a0656f424ba4
 
x86_64:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    c21c18f9eb81bf3c875f0f9ee7b11e64
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    621656bce9be62e733c090dd0bc81059
 
IA-32:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    d455913a52551fff9996afe88d80f938
 
IA-64:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    f7ee2516c9be633615450308ed855ac3
 
x86_64:
freeradius-1.0.1-1.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0338
    c21c18f9eb81bf3c875f0f9ee7b11e64
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

127162 - zlib-devel is missing from BuildRequires in spec file
127168 - rebuilding freeradius picks up system libeap rather than package libeap
130606 - Missing buildrequires in freediag
130613 - radiusd.conf specifies other pam-auth than file installed in /etc/pam.d
135825 - CAN-2004-0938 Freeradius < 1.0.1 DoS and remote crash (CAN-2004-0960, CAN-2004-0961)


References



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