Ubuntu Security Notice USN-832-1
16th September, 2009
freeradius vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Software description
- freeradius
Details
It was discovered that FreeRADIUS did not correctly handle certain
malformed attributes. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause
the FreeRADIUS server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- freeradius 1.1.7-1ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.