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Amazon Linux AMI : freeradius (ALAS-2015-581)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85454

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the way the FreeRADIUS rlm_pap module handled long password hashes. An attacker able to make radiusd process a malformed password hash could cause the daemon to crash.

Solution

Run 'yum update freeradius' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-581.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85454

File Name: ala_ALAS-2015-581.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2015

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-krb5, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-perl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freeradius-utils, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2015

ALAS: 2015-581

RHSA: 2015:1287