Stack-based buffer overflow in FreeRADIUS - CVE-2014-2015
Published: November 2, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32556
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2015
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeRADIUS Server Project
Affected software:
FreeRADIUS
FreeRADIUS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing a long password hash, as demonstrated by an SSHA hash. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2015
The vendor has issued the following versions to address this vulnerability: 2.2.4, 3.0.2.
Sources
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugbusters/2014-February/000610.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugbusters/2014-February/000612.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugbusters/2014-February/000616.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1287.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2122-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65581
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066761