[KB8711] Mitigate potential security risks in ESET Secure Authentication caused by RADIUS vulnerability CVE-2024-3596

Issue

  • Blast-RADIUS CVE-2024-3596 is a vulnerability in ESET Secure Authentication (ESA) that affects the RADIUS protocol 

Solution

On August 20, 2024, ESET released a hotfix to address RADIUS vulnerability CVE-2024-3596. RADIUS is a common protocol used for authentication, authorization, and accounting for networked devices on enterprise and telecommunication networks.

Apply the following settings in ESA to mitigate your risk:

In the RADIUS Servers configuration screen, click Attributes.

    • If your RADIUS client supports the Message-Authenticator attribute, in the Built-in attributes section, select the check box next to Require Message-Authenticator attribute.

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