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CVE-2022-41859

Published: 17 January 2023

In freeradius, the EAP-PWD function compute_password_element() leaks information about the password which allows an attacker to substantially reduce the size of an offline dictionary attack.

Notes

AuthorNote
0xnishit
This issue affects bionic and focal releases, but the changes
requires major code changes and backporting.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
freeradius
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(changes too intrusive)
focal Ignored
(changes too intrusive)
jammy Not vulnerable
(3.0.26~dfsg~git20220223.1.00ed0241fa-0ubuntu3)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(3.2.0+dfsg-1)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/9e5e8f2f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N