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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202101-27 ] FreeRADIUS: Root privilege escalation
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:32:06
Message-Id: BC246534-536A-4C49-B97D-D56877338F1E@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202101-27
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: FreeRADIUS: Root privilege escalation
9 Date: January 26, 2021
10 Bugs: #630910
11 ID: 202101-27
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Gentoo's systemd unit for
19 FreeRADIUS which could lead to root privilege escalation.
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21 Background
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24 FreeRADIUS is a modular, high performance free RADIUS suite.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-dialup/freeradius < 3.0.20-r1 >= 3.0.20-r1
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34 Description
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37 It was discovered that Gentoo’s FreeRADIUS systemd unit set permissions
38 on an unsafe directory on start.
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40 Impact
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43 A local attacker could escalate privileges.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All FreeRADIUS users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-dialup/freeradius-3.0.20-r1"
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58 References
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62 Availability
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65 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
66 the Gentoo Security Website:
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68 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-27
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70 Concerns?
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73 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
74 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
75 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
76 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
77 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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79 License
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82 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
83 belongs to its owner(s).
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85 The contents of this document are licensed under the
86 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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88 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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