RHSA-2012:1327Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius2 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

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.src as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • freeradius2-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • freeradius2-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • freeradius2-debuginfo-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • freeradius2-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • freeradius2-krb5-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-ldap-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • freeradius2-ldap-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-ldap-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-ldap-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • freeradius2-ldap-0:2.1.12-4.el5_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
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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)