CVE-2017-10979

CVE	CVE-2017-10979
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2017-07-17 17:29:00 UTC
Updated	2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
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.

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.0	[email protected]	Primary	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	7.5		`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.0.0	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.0.0	pre1	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.0.0	pre2	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.0.1	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.0.2	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.0.3	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.0.4	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.0.5	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.0	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.1	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.10	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.11	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.12	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.2	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.3	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.4	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.6	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.7	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.8	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.1.9	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.0	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.1	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.2	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.3	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.4	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.5	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.6	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.7	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.8	All	All	All
Application	Freeradius	Freeradius	2.2.9	All	All	All

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Red Hat Customer Portal	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3930-1 freeradius	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.debian.org
FreeRADIUS Overflows and Memory Leaks Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Releases	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	freeradius.org	Patch, Vendor Advisory
FreeRADIUS CVE-2017-10979 Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

378286 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for freeradius-unixODBC (VZLSA-2017:1759)