CVE-2019-10143
High
Description
It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.0
Exploit probability—
Product
Freeradius
PublishedMay 24, 2019
First seenMay 24, 2019
Weakness typeCWE-266CWE-266CWE-250CWE-250
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| freeradius freeradius | v ≤ 3.0.19 | — |
| fedoraproject fedora | 29, 30 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux | 8.0 | — |
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