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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201311-09

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201311-09
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Severity: High
Title: FreeRADIUS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 13, 2013
Bugs: #339389, #386183, #434802
ID: 201311-09

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeRADIUS, the worst of
which allow execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background
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FreeRADIUS is an open source RADIUS authentication server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dialup/freeradius < 2.2.0 >= 2.2.0

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeRADIUS. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All FreeRADIUS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/freeradius-2.2.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3696
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3696
[ 2 ] CVE-2010-3697
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3697
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-2701
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2701
[ 4 ] CVE-2012-3547
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3547

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-09.xml

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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