CVE-2019-17185

freeradius: eap-pwd: DoS issues due to multithreaded BN_CTX access

Published Mar 21, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
In FreeRADIUS 3.0.x before 3.0.20, the EAP-pwd module used a global OpenSSL BN_CTX instance to handle all handshakes. This mean multiple threads use the same BN_CTX instance concurrently, resulting in crashes when concurrent EAP-pwd handshakes are initiated. This can be abused by an adversary as a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-7617 In FreeRADIUS 3.0.x before 3.0.20, the EAP-pwd module used a global OpenSSL BN_CTX instance to handle all handshakes. This mean multiple threads use the same BN_CTX instance concurrently, resulting in crashes when concurrent EAP-pwd handshakes are initiated. This can be abused by an adversary as a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5785-1 FreeRADIUS vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 1:33 AM
Reserved
Oct 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 21, 2020, 1:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:23 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 14, 2019, 12:00 AM