High severity · published Jul 17, 2017
CVE-2017-10978
An FR-GV-201 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" and a denial of service
7.5
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An FR-GV-201 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" and a denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.4; 7.5; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
FR
Freeradius · Freeradius
2.0 before 2.2.10; 3.0.0 before 3.0.15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10978
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10978
Patch
http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99893
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389
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