1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3954-1

USN-3954-1: FreeRADIUS vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 April 2019

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.04 disco freeradius –  3.0.17+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
18.10 cosmic freeradius –  3.0.16+dfsg-3ubuntu1.1
18.04 bionic freeradius –  3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1

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