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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1089-1] New freeradius packages fix arbitrary code execution



On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 02:27:36PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Debian Security Advisory DSA 1089-1                    security@debian.org
> - --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> CVE-2005-4744
> 
>     SuSE researchers have discovered several off-by-one errors may
>     allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly
>     execute arbitrary code.
> 
> CVE-2006-1354
> 
>     Due to insufficient input validation it is possible for a remote
>     attacker to bypass authentication or cause a denial of service.

It would have been helpful to explain the impact a bit. One bug is in the
SQL backend, and another in EAP-MSCHAPv2. For people who don't use these
features (and don't have them enabled), the advisory isn't so urgent.

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