USN-3954-1: FreeRADIUS vulnerabilities

freeradius vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary

FreeRADIUS could be made to bypass authentication if it received a specially crafted input.

Software Description

• freeradius - high-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server

Details

It was discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2019-11234, CVE-2019-11235)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

freeradius - 3.0.17+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 18.10

freeradius - 3.0.16+dfsg-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

freeradius - 3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-11234
• CVE-2019-11235

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/2USlJzp