CVE-2017-10979

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: July 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in rad_coalesce()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99901

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html