National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0080
Original release date:01/05/2007
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
** DISPUTED ** Buffer overflow in the SMB_Connect_Server function in FreeRadius 1.1.3 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code related to the server desthost field of an SMB_Handle_Type instance. NOTE: the impact of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party and the vendor, who states that exploitation is limited "only to local administrators who have write access to the server configuration files." CVE concurs with the dispute.
Description
A buffer overflow in the SMB_Connect_Server function in FreeRADIUS 1.1.4 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code related to the server desthost field of an SMB_Handle_Type instance. This issue can not be exploited remotely, and can only be exploited by administrators who have write access to the server configuration files.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
2.7
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
-- Official Vendor Statement from the FreeRADIUS Server project
This issue is not a security vulnerability. The exploit is available only to local administrators who have write access to the server configuration files. As such, this issue has no security impact on any system running FreeRADIUS.
-- Official Vendor Statement from the FreeRADIUS Server project
- Official Statement from Red Hat (01/05/2007)
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Not vulnerable. The affected code is in an optional module that is not shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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External Source: XF
Name: freeradius-smbconnectserver-bo(31248)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070102 FreeRadius 1.1.3 SMB_Handle_Type SMB_Connect_Server arbitrary code execution
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070103 Re: FreeRadius 1.1.3 SMB_Handle_Type SMB_Connect_Server arbitrary code execution
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.freeradius.org/security.html
External Source: VIM
Name: 20070211 FreeRADIUS dispute of CVE-2007-0080
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017463
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 32082
