An out-of-bounds read and write flaw was found in the way FreeRADIUS server handled RADIUS packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the FreeRADIUS server by sending a specially crafted RADIUS packet.
Find out more about CVE-2017-10978 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.9 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (freeradius) | RHSA-2017:1759 | 2017-07-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (freeradius) | RHSA-2017:2389 | 2017-08-01 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freeradius2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freeradius | Will not fix |
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