RHSA-2012:1326Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius security update

Published
October 2, 2012
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2012-3547 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-3547 — freeradius: stack-based buffer overflow via long expiration date fields in client X509 certificates

🎯 Affected products74

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • freeradius-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • freeradius-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el6_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (4)