USN-832-1: FreeRADIUS vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• freeradius -

Details

It was discovered that FreeRADIUS did not correctly handle certain
malformed attributes. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause
the FreeRADIUS server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.04

• freeradius - 1.1.7-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-3111