Out-of-Bounds Affecting freeradius package, versions <2.2.5+dfsg-0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FREERADIUS-516071
  • published2 Nov 2014
  • disclosed2 Nov 2014

Introduced: 2 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-2015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 freeradius to version 2.2.5+dfsg-0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeradius package and not the freeradius package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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