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[USN-3369-1] FreeRADIUS vulnerabilities

Posted on 27 July 2017
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3369-1
July 27, 2017

freeradius vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRADIUS.

Software Description:
- 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 possibl=
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execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
freeradius 3.0.12+dfsg-4ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
freeradius 2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
freeradius 2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2

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


References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3369-1
CVE-2017-10978, CVE-2017-10979, CVE-2017-10980, CVE-2017-10981,
CVE-2017-10982, CVE-2017-10983, CVE-2017-10984, CVE-2017-10985,
CVE-2017-10986, CVE-2017-10987

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/3.0.12+dfsg-4ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1=

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.=
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