freeradius 2.0.4 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in freeradius 2.0.4. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-4474. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in freeradius 2.0.4 (Network Authentication Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

freeradius-dialupadmin in freeradius 2.0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in (1) backup_radacct, (2) clean_radacct, (3) monthly_tot_stats, (4) tot_stats, and (5) truncate_radacct.

The bug was discovered 08/24/2008. The weakness was released 10/07/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4474 since 10/07/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 44 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34438 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : freeradius (freeradius-5685)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (34438), SecurityFocus (BID 30901†), OSVDB (48936†), Secunia (SA32170†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-19751†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-44966, VDB-44935, VDB-44934 and VDB-44933. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 34438
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : freeradius (freeradius-5685)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/24/2008 🔍
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10/07/2008 +44 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2340 days 🔍
08/18/2019 +1615 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-4474 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4474
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44381
SecurityFocus: 30901 - FreeRADIUS Dialup Admin Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32170
OSVDB: 48936 - Debian - freeradius-dialupadmin - Insecure Temporary File Creation Issues
Vulnerability Center: 19751 - Freeradius 2.0.4 Freeradius-Dialupadmin Local File Overwrite via a Symlink Attack, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/18/2019 18:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (70), 08/18/2019 18:59 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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