Improper Input Validation Affecting freeradius package, versions <3.0.20+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FREERADIUS-560889
  • published21 Mar 2020
  • disclosed21 Mar 2020

Introduced: 21 Mar 2020

CVE-2019-17185  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 freeradius to version 3.0.20+dfsg-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.

In FreeRADIUS 3.0.x before 3.0.20, the EAP-pwd module used a global OpenSSL BN_CTX instance to handle all handshakes. This mean multiple threads use the same BN_CTX instance concurrently, resulting in crashes when concurrent EAP-pwd handshakes are initiated. This can be abused by an adversary as a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1