FreeRADIUS EAP-TTLS Memory Leak Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018042
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018042
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2028
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 10 2007
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.1.5 and prior versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in FreeRADIUS. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted Diameter format attributes within an EAP-TTLS tunnel to trigger a memory leak. This can
be repeated to consume excessive memory on the target system and cause the target service to crash.
The Coverity Scan project
discovered this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can cause the target service to crash.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.1.6).
The FreeRADIUS advisory is available at:
http://www.freeradius.org/security.html
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Vendor URL: www.freeradius.org/security.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Resource error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 13:14:48 -0400
Subject: FreeRADIUS
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http://www.freeradius.org/security.html
CVE-2007-2028
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