GNU FreeRADIUS up to 0.8 CHAP memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU FreeRADIUS up to 0.8. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CHAP. This manipulation causes memory corruption. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU FreeRADIUS up to 0.8 (Network Authentication Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component CHAP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 07/08/2003 by Masao Nishiku with FreeRADIUS (Website). The advisory is shared at freeradius.org. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.freeradius.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: ftp.freeradius.org

Timelineinfo

07/08/2003 🔍
07/10/2003 +2 days 🔍
06/26/2019 +5830 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: freeradius.org
Researcher: Masao Nishiku
Organization: FreeRADIUS
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-169

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2003 11:20
Updated: 06/26/2019 09:22
Changes: 07/10/2003 11:20 (47), 06/26/2019 09:22 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:7DF:103

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