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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-4966

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-4966

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/12/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

modules/rlm_unix/rlm_unix.c in FreeRADIUS before 2.2.0, when unix mode is enabled for user authentication, does not properly check the password expiration in /etc/shadow, which allows remote authenticated users to authenticate using an expired password.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-devel
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-dialupadmin
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-doc
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-libs
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-libs-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-utils
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-utils-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-sle-sdk-release

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