NULL pointer dereference in FreeRADIUS - CVE-2022-41860

 

NULL pointer dereference in FreeRADIUS - CVE-2022-41860

Published: December 27, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70505
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41860
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the EAP-SIM module when parsing an unknown SIM option. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

FreeRADIUS
Oracle Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
freeradius (Ubuntu package)
freeradius
freeradius-server-mysql-debuginfo
freeradius-server
freeradius-server-debuginfo
freeradius-server-debugsource
freeradius-server-doc
freeradius-server-krb5
freeradius-server-krb5-debuginfo
freeradius-server-ldap
freeradius-server-ldap-debuginfo
freeradius-server-libs
freeradius-server-libs-debuginfo
freeradius-server-mysql
freeradius-server-utils-debuginfo
freeradius-server-perl
freeradius-server-perl-debuginfo
freeradius-server-postgresql
freeradius-server-postgresql-debuginfo
freeradius-server-python
freeradius-server-python-debuginfo
freeradius-server-sqlite
freeradius-server-sqlite-debuginfo
freeradius-server-utils
freeradius-ldap
freeradius-help
freeradius-devel
freeradius-mysql
python2-freeradius
freeradius-perl
freeradius-krb5
freeradius-debugsource
freeradius-debuginfo
freeradius-sqlite
freeradius-utils
freeradius-postgresql
freeradius-server-devel
freeradius-doc
python3-freeradius
freeradius-unixODBC
freeradius-rest
freeradius (Red Hat package)
freeradius-server-python3-debuginfo
freeradius-server-python3
freeradius-server-ldap-schemas
RSA Authentication Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2022-41860

Install updates from vendor's website.

FreeRADIUS - update to 3.0.26
freeradius (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2, 3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2, 3.0.26~dfsg~git20220223.1.00ed0241fa-0ubuntu3.1
freeradius - update to 2.2.6-7.17
freeradius-server-mysql-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-doc - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-krb5 - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-krb5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-ldap - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-ldap-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-libs - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-libs-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-mysql - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-perl - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-perl-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-postgresql - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-postgresql-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-python - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1
freeradius-server-python-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1
freeradius-server-sqlite - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-sqlite-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-utils - addressed in versions 3.0.3-17.18.1, 3.0.15-2.23.1, 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-ldap - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-help - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-devel - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-mysql - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
python2-freeradius - update to 3.0.15-25
freeradius-perl - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-krb5 - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-sqlite - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-utils - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-postgresql - addressed in versions 3.0.15-25, 3.0.25-2
freeradius-server-devel - addressed in versions 3.0.16-150000.3.13.1, 3.0.19-3.12.1, 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-doc - update to 3.0.20-14
python3-freeradius - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-utils - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-unixODBC - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-sqlite - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-rest - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-postgresql - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-perl - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-mysql - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-devel - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-ldap - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius-krb5 - update to 3.0.20-14
freeradius (Red Hat package) - update to 3.0.21-37.el9
freeradius-server-python3-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius-server-python3 - addressed in versions 3.0.21-150200.3.12.1, 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
python3-freeradius - update to 3.0.25-2
freeradius-server-ldap-schemas - update to 3.0.25-150400.4.4.1
freeradius - update to 3.0.26-1.fc36
RSA Authentication Manager - update to 8.7 Patch 3

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