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CVE-2022-41859

Publication date 17 January 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

In freeradius, the EAP-PWD function compute_password_element() leaks information about the password which allows an attacker to substantially reduce the size of an offline dictionary attack.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
freeradius 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored changes too intrusive
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored changes too intrusive
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Notes

0xnishit

This issue affects bionic and focal releases, but the changes requires major code changes and backporting.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
freeradius

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N