Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting freeradius-krb5 package, versions <0:3.0.26-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-FREERADIUSKRB5-3342977
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed17 Jan 2023

Introduced: 17 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-41859  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 freeradius-krb5 to version 0:3.0.26-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-1970.

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.

In freeradius, the EAP-PWD function compute_password_element() leaks information about the password which allows an attacker to substantially reduce the size of an offline dictionary attack.

CVSS Scores

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