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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2009.1080
                    FreeRADIUS 1.1.8 has been released
                             11 September 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              FreeRADIUS 1.1.7 and prior
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access:        Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:           Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:            CVE-2009-3111  
Member content until: Sunday, October 11 2009

Comment: This is apparently a regression error related to CVE-2003-0967. [1]

OVERVIEW

        A security release of FreeRADIUS (1.1.8) is available. [2]


IMPACT

        The update corrects a Denial of Service vulnerability where a
        Tunnel-Password attribute in an Access-Request packet could crash
        the server. [2]


MITIGATION

        FreeRADIUS 1.1.8 has been released correcting this vulnerability. [3]


REFERENCES

        [1] CVE-2009-3111 (under review)
            http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3111

        [2] FreeRADIUS -- Security Contacts and notifications
            http://freeradius.org/security.html#1.1.7

        [3] FreeRADIUS -- Downloads
            http://freeradius.org/download.html

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described is the responsibility of each user or organisation. The decision to
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If you believe that your computer system has been compromised or attacked in 
any way, we encourage you to let us know by completing the secure National IT 
Incident Reporting Form at:

        http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3192

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The University of Queensland
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