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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-2015: FreeRADIUS: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-2015: FreeRADIUS: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/01/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the normify function in the rlm_pap module (modules/rlm_pap/rlm_pap.c) in FreeRADIUS 2.x, possibly 2.2.3 and earlier, and 3.x, possibly 3.0.1 and earlier, might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long password hash, as demonstrated by an SSHA hash.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dialup-freeradius

References

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