Re: Serious bug in "radius" dialup authentication software

From: Phillip R. Jaenke (prjat_private)
Date: Sun Feb 22 1998 - 05:17:19 PST

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    >as is the case with most bugs i read in bugtraq, i tried it out on one of
    >the >dialup systems we use.  i entered a vaild username then entered an
    >appromiately >128 character lone password....it locked up the
    >authentication ...i hadreports >of noone being able to log in on that
    >particular dialup system.  the problem >was resolved by killing and
    >restarting the radius daemon
    >btw this is on a linux box.
    
    This is another known bug, which I call the 'magic 128.' Most, if not all,
    versions of radius, be it Livingston, Merit, RadiusNT, whatever, will choke
    HORRIBLY if any entered field is over 128 characters. I don't know if
    there's a workaround, but I haven't actually looked. I honestly don't think
    anybody's going to bother with that one too much.
    
    
    
    -Phillip R. Jaenke (prjat_private)
    "I break Mac lover's hearts for fun; I install NetBSDm68k"
    



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