Out-of-Bounds Affecting freeradius-perl package, versions <0:2.2.6-4.el6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-FREERADIUSPERL-2499455
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • 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 Oracle:6 freeradius-perl to version 0:2.2.6-4.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-1287.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeradius-perl package and not the freeradius-perl package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 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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