Bug 2369137 - BlastRADIUS vulnerability fix is not available in EPEL8 (for RHEL 8)
Summary: BlastRADIUS vulnerability fix is not available in EPEL8 (for RHEL 8)
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: pam_radius
Version: epel8
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Iker Pedrosa
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-05-29 08:29 UTC by MadhuGowda
Modified: 2025-06-11 11:32 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: pam_radius-2.0.0-4.el8
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2025-06-11 01:36:00 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description MadhuGowda 2025-05-29 08:29:41 UTC
Description of problem:
BlastRADIUS vulnerability fix is not available in EPEL8 (for RHEL 8).

Steps to Reproduce:
Install pam_radius module on RHEL 8.2

1.
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-$(arch)-rpms

2.
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm

3.
sudo dnf install pam_radius

4.
Do the required configuration changes

5.
Send a Radius request and check on server side.

6.
Check the RADIUS server logs

Actual results:
RADIUS server log statements indicate 'message-authenticator' is not present in the request

Expected results:
'message-authenticator' flag needs to be present in each request

Additional info:
The fix for EPEL9 (RHEL 9) is available as FEDORA-EPEL-2025-fbddb8f0bb (pam_radius-2.0.0-4.el9).
Please provide the same fix for EPEL8 (RHEL 8)

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-06-02 09:28:01 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-f4f3b9490a (pam_radius-2.0.0-4.el8) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-f4f3b9490a

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-06-03 02:00:55 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-f4f3b9490a has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-f4f3b9490a

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-06-11 01:36:00 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-f4f3b9490a (pam_radius-2.0.0-4.el8) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 MadhuGowda 2025-06-11 08:35:51 UTC
I installed the fix FEDORA-EPEL-2025-f4f3b9490a (pam_radius-2.0.0-4.el8) using following commands:

sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-$(arch)-rpms 
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install pam_radius

when I check the installed pam_radius version, it is still older version:
pam_radius.x86_64	2.0.0-3.el8	@epel

Am I missing anything here?

Comment 5 Iker Pedrosa 2025-06-11 08:48:26 UTC
Everything seems fine there if you are installing pam_radius, but do you need to install or update? In the latter case you should run:
sudo dnf update pam_radius

Comment 6 MadhuGowda 2025-06-11 11:32:51 UTC
Thanks for the quick reply.
Yes, updating the pam_radius worked.


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