CVE-2019-10143
Publication date 24 May 2019
Last updated 4 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| freeradius | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
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| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
leosilva
following the discussion from upstream..this issue doesn't seems to be a security one. For now moving it to low priority.
mdeslaur
While upstream has disputed this issue, a user able to escalate to the radiusd user may be able to escalate to root using this issue. While low priority, it should still be looked at. There is a proposed patch in the Debian bug.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.4 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |