Unsynchronized Access to Shared Data in a Multithreaded Context Affecting freeradius-ldap package, versions <0:3.0.13-15.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FREERADIUSLDAP-8014172
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed14 Nov 2019

Introduced: 14 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-17185  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-567  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 freeradius-ldap to version 0:3.0.13-15.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3984.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeradius-ldap package and not the freeradius-ldap package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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

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