Race Condition Affecting freeradius-krb5 package, versions <0:3.0.13-15.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-FREERADIUSKRB5-1686355
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed24 May 2019

Introduced: 24 May 2019

CVE-2019-10143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 freeradius-krb5 to version 0:3.0.13-15.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1515.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeradius-krb5 package and not the freeradius-krb5 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."

CVSS Scores

version 3.1