FreeRADIUS Client Certificate Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1027509 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1027509
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-3547
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Sep 10 2012
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.1.10 - 2.1.12
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in FreeRADIUS. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote user can send a specially crafted client certificate to trigger a stack overflow in cbtls_verify() and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target service.
Systems using TLS-based EAP methods (including EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP) are affected.
The vendor was notified on August 29, 2012.
Timo Warns of PRESENSE Technologies reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (2.2.0).
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Vendor URL: freeradius.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Subject: [oss-security] [PRE-SA-2012-06] FreeRADIUS: Stack Overflow in TLS-based EAP Methods
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The issue described below has been reported to the distros list with a timeline
as follows:
2012-08-29
- notification of security@freeradius.org
- confirmation by Alan DeKok (FreeRADIUS project leader)
with agreement on embargo period until 2012-09-10
- notification of distros@vs.openwall.org
2012-09-10
- release of FreeRADIUS 2.2.0
- public disclosure
PRE-CERT Security Advisory
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* Advisory: PRE-SA-2012-06
* Released on: 10 September 2012
* Affected product: FreeRADIUS 2.1.10 - 2.1.12
* Impact: remote code execution
* Origin: specially crafted client certificates
* CVSS Base Score: 10
Impact Subscore: 10
Exploitability Subscore: 10
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
* Credit: Timo Warns (PRESENSE Technologies GmbH)
* CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-3547
Summary
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A stack overflow vulnerability has been identified in FreeRADIUS that allows to
remotely execute arbitrary code via specially crafted client certificates
(before authentication). The vulnerability affects setups using TLS-based EAP
methods (including EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP).
FreeRADIUS defines a callback function cbtls_verify() for certificate
verification. The function has a local buf array with a size of 64
bytes. It copies the validity timestamp "not after" of a client
certificate to the buf array:
asn_time = X509_get_notAfter(client_cert);
if ((lookup <= 1) && asn_time && (asn_time->length < MAX_STRING_LEN)) {
memcpy(buf, (char*) asn_time->data, asn_time->length);
buf[asn_time->length] = '\0';
The MAX_STRING_LEN constant is defined to be 254. If asn_time->length is
greater than 64 bytes, but less than 254 bytes, buf overflows via the memcpy.
Depending on the stack layout chosen by the compiler, the vulnerability allows
to overflow the return address on the stack, which can be exploited for code
execution.
Solution
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The issue has been fixed in FreeRADIUS 2.2.0. Updates should be installed as
soon as possible.
References
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When further information becomes available, this advisory will be
updated. The most recent version of this advisory is available at:
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-06.txt
Contact
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PRE-CERT can be reached under precert@pre-secure.de. For PGP key
information, refer to http://www.pre-cert.de/.
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