RHBA-2011:0610 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated freeradius packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

FreeRADIUS is an open source RADIUS server which allows RADIUS clients to
perform authentication against the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server may
optionally perform accounting of it's operations via the RADIUS protocol.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• The FreeRADIUS packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.1.10, which

provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#644100)

• Previously, the FreeRADIUS server failed to start when the rlm_perl or

rlm_python modules were used due to unresolved symbols encountered by the
dynamic loader. This update uses the dynamic loader option which must be
explicitly turned on via lt_dladvise to allow loaded modules to globally export
their symbols. Now, rlm_perl and rlm_python FreeRADIUS modules are successfully
loaded and the FreeRADIUS server successfully starts in this
configuration.(BZ#689045)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• This update makes the radtest script available for testing with IPv6.

(BZ#599528)

All FreeRADIUS users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 599528 - RFE: make radtest script usable for testing over IPv6
• BZ - 689045 - Using rlm_perl cause radiusd failed to start

CVEs

(none)

References

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