Security update for freeradius

SUSE Security Update: Security update for freeradius
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0525-1
Rating: low
References: #864576
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes a denial of service (crash) security
    issue rlm_pap hash processing in FreeRadius, which could
    have been caused by special passwords fed into the RLM-PAP
    password checking method via LDAP by remote attackers.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2014-2015
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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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-freeradius-server-8968
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-freeradius-server-8968
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-freeradius-server-8968

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • freeradius-server-devel-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • freeradius-server-libs-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • freeradius-server-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • freeradius-server-dialupadmin-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • freeradius-server-doc-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • freeradius-server-libs-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • freeradius-server-utils-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • freeradius-server-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • freeradius-server-dialupadmin-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • freeradius-server-doc-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • freeradius-server-libs-2.1.1-7.18.1
    • freeradius-server-utils-2.1.1-7.18.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2015.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/864576
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c3896d7e5c74c86a7370e3e110867c58