UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41859

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41859
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41859.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41859
Upstream
Published
2023-01-17T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:49:36Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In freeradius, the EAP-PWD function computepasswordelement() leaks information about the password which allows an attacker to substantially reduce the size of an offline dictionary attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / freeradius

Package

Name
freeradius
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeradius@3.0.16+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

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

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / freeradius

Package

Name
freeradius
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeradius@3.0.20+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

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