- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: FreeRADIUS: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities Date: September 22, 2004 Bugs: #60587 ID: 200409-29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities were found and fixed in FreeRADIUS. Background ========== FreeRADIUS is an open source RADIUS authentication server implementation. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-dialup/freeradius < 1.0.1 >= 1.0.1 Description =========== There are undisclosed defects in the way FreeRADIUS handles incorrect received packets. Impact ====== A remote attacker could send specially-crafted packets to the FreeRADIUS server to deny service to other users by crashing the server. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All FreeRADIUS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=net-dialup/freeradius-1.0.1" # emerge ">=net-dialup/freeradius-1.0.1" References ========== [ 1 ] FreeRADIUS Vulnerability Notifications http://www.freeradius.org/security.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-29.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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