CVE-2017-10979

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-10979 · Published 17/07/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-10979 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting freeradius (freeradius).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.0%, higher than 94.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
freeradius freeradius	`= 2.0.0= 2.0.1= 2.0.2= 2.0.3= 2.0.4= 2.0.5= 2.1.0= 2.1.1= 2.1.10= 2.1.11= 2.1.12= 2.1.2= 2.1.3= 2.1.4= 2.1.6= 2.1.7= 2.1.8= 2.1.9= 2.2.0= 2.2.1= 2.2.2= 2.2.3= 2.2.4= 2.2.5= 2.2.6= 2.2.7= 2.2.8= 2.2.9`	No fix yet

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.

References

freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html · Patch
debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
securityfocus.com/bid/99901
securitytracker.com/id/1038914 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

freeradius

= 2.0.0= 2.0.1= 2.0.2= 2.0.3= 2.0.4= 2.0.5= 2.1.0= 2.1.1= 2.1.10= 2.1.11= 2.1.12= 2.1.2= 2.1.3= 2.1.4= 2.1.6= 2.1.7= 2.1.8= 2.1.9= 2.2.0= 2.2.1= 2.2.2= 2.2.3= 2.2.4= 2.2.5= 2.2.6= 2.2.7= 2.2.8= 2.2.9

No fix yet

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