Critical severity · published Jul 17, 2017
CVE-2017-10979
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…
9.8
CVSS
7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.0% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freeradius · Freeradius
2.0.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; +24 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10979
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10979
Patch
http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99901
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759
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