ubuntu-cve-2022-41859
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-01-17 18:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:41
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-common",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-config",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-dhcp",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-iodbc",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-krb5",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-ldap",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-memcached",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-mysql",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-postgresql",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-redis",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-rest",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-utils",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-yubikey",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libfreeradius3",
            "binary_version": "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "freeradius",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeradius@3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.0.15+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
        "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
        "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3",
        "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1",
        "3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-common",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-config",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-dhcp",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-iodbc",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-krb5",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-ldap",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-memcached",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-mysql",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-postgresql",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-python3",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-redis",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-rest",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-utils",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-yubikey",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libfreeradius3",
            "binary_version": "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "freeradius",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeradius@3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.0.19+dfsg-3",
        "3.0.19+dfsg-3build1",
        "3.0.20+dfsg-1",
        "3.0.20+dfsg-3",
        "3.0.20+dfsg-3build1",
        "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
        "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2",
        "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.4",
        "3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41859",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:41:42Z",
  "published": "2023-01-17T18:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41859"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41859"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2078483"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/9e5e8f2f"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41859"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-41859"
  ]
}



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