Security update for freeradius

SUSE Security Update: Security update for freeradius
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0356-1
Rating: low
References: #791666 #797313 #797515
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This update for freeradius-server provides the following
    fixes and improvements:

    * Increase the vendor IDs limit from 32767 to 65535
    (bnc#791666)
    * Fix issues with escaping special characters in
    password (bnc#797515)
    * Respect expired passwords and accounts when using the
    unix module (bnc#797313, CVE-2011-4966).

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2011-4966
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    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-freeradius-server-7255
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-freeradius-server-7255
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-freeradius-server-7255

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • freeradius-server-devel-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • freeradius-server-libs-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • freeradius-server-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • freeradius-server-dialupadmin-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • freeradius-server-doc-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • freeradius-server-libs-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • freeradius-server-utils-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • freeradius-server-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • freeradius-server-dialupadmin-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • freeradius-server-doc-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • freeradius-server-libs-2.1.1-7.16.1
    • freeradius-server-utils-2.1.1-7.16.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4966.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/791666
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/797313
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/797515
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c09f1d0d2b389b545c1794dcce83fc3f