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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-10143: ELSA-2020-3984: freeradius security and bug fix update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-10143: ELSA-2020-3984: freeradius security and bug fix update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/01/2019
Created
10/09/2020
Added
10/16/2024
Modified
10/17/2024

Description

It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue." It was discovered freeradius does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-krb5
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-ldap
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-mysql
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-perl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-postgresql
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-rest
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-sqlite
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-unixodbc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-utils

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