High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-10143
CVE-2019-10143
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."
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.0.19
- (no CPE)range: <=3.0.19
- (no CPE)range: affects <= 3.0.19
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
8- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- freeradius.org/security/nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/2666nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/nvd
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