CVE-2022-41859

freeradius: Information leakage in EAP-PWD

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En freeradius, la función EAP-PWD Compute_password_element() filtra información sobre la contraseña, lo que permite a un atacante reducir sustancialmente el tamaño de un ataque de diccionario fuera de línea.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-09-30 CVE Reserved
2023-01-17 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-09 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://freeradius.org/security	2023-01-24
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/9e5e8f2f	2023-01-24

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41859	2023-05-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2078483	2023-05-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				< 3.0.0 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version " < 3.0.0"		-		Affected