USN-3369-1: FreeRADIUS vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 July 2017

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRADIUS.


Packages

  • freeradius - high-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server

Details

Guido Vranken discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled memory when
decoding packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
FreeRADIUS to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Guido Vranken discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled memory when
decoding packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
FreeRADIUS to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.04 zesty freeradius –  3.0.12+dfsg-4ubuntu1.2
16.04 xenial freeradius –  2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1
14.04 trusty freeradius –  2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2

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