Check Point Advisories

FreeRADIUS Illegal Attributes Denial of Service - ver 2 (CVE-2004-0938)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1528
Date Published: 8 May 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 28 May, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2004-0938
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? FreeRADIUS Server FreeRADIUS 1.0.0 and earlier
Vulnerability Description A vulnerability exists in the way the FreeRADIUS software package handles out of sequence messages. When a RADIUS authentication or accounting request is sent out-of-order to a vulnerable FreeRADIUS, a memory exception occurs. This vulnerability may be leveraged by a remote attacker to deny service to the FreeRADIUS server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the FreeRADIUS Illegal Attributes Denial of Service - ver 2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  FreeRADIUS Illegal Attributes Denial of Service - ver 2

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