CVE-2022-41859
freeradius - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.22%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-41859
To remediate CVE-2022-41859, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/freeradius—upgrade to 3.0.26-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0.21+dfsg-2.2+deb11u2 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0.17+dfsg-1.1+deb10u2 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0.21+dfsg-2.2+deb11u2 or later
Is CVE-2022-41859 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 3.0.26-r0
- from 0, < 3.0.21+dfsg-2.2+deb11u2
- from 0, < 3.0.17+dfsg-1.1+deb10u2
- from 0, < 3.0.21+dfsg-2.2+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |