metadata/glsa/glsa-201406-12.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201406-12">
  <title>FreeRADIUS: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in FreeRADIUS can lead to arbitrary code execution
    or Denial of Service by authenticated users.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">freeradius</product>
  <announced>June 15, 2014</announced>
  <revised>June 15, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>501754</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-dialup/freeradius" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>FreeRADIUS is an open source RADIUS authentication server.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Large passwords can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in
      FreeRADIUS’s rlm_pap module when authenticating against an LDAP server.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>An authenticated user could set a specially crafted long password,
      possibly leading to arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All FreeRADIUS users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-dialup/freeradius-2.2.5"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2015">CVE-2014-2015</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 20 May 2014 04:12:59 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:12:35 +0000">
    creffett
  </metadata>
</glsa>