An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way FreeRADIUS server handled certain attributes in request packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the FreeRADIUS server or to execute arbitrary code in the context of the FreeRADIUS server process by sending a specially crafted request packet.
Find out more about CVE-2017-10979 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (freeradius) | RHSA-2017:1759 | 2017-07-18 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | freeradius | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freeradius2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freeradius | Will not fix |
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