Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for freeradius. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for freeradius
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25201
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25201/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for freeradius. This fixes a security
issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA24849
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0338.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24849:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24849/
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