Ubuntu Security Update USN-3316-1: FreeRADIUS vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3316-1


7th June, 2017

freeradius vulnerability


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

  • Ubuntu 17.04
Summary


FreeRADIUS would allow unintended access over the network.

Software description

  • freeradius - high-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server
Details


Stefan Winter and Luboš Pavlíček discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly
handled the TLS session cache. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to bypass authentication by resuming an unauthenticated session.

Update instructions


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

Ubuntu 17.04:
freeradius 3.0.12+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1

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-2017-9148

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