CVE-2022-41859
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.22%freeradius - security update
Published: 1/17/2023Modified: 3/9/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2022-41859DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41859DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41860DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41861DLA-4232-1
Description
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/freeradiusfrom 0, < 3.0.26-r0
- Debian/freeradiusfrom 0, < 3.0.21+dfsg-2.2+deb11u2
- Debian/freeradiusfrom 0, < 3.0.17+dfsg-1.1+deb10u2
- Debian/freeradiusfrom 0, < 3.0.21+dfsg-2.2+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |