FreeRADIUS CVE-2017-10980 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	99905
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-10980
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 18 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 18 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Guido Vranken
Vulnerable:	Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux for Power 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.7 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.6 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.2 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.0.4 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.0 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.2.9 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.2.8 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.2.7 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.2.0 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.9 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.8 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.4 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.3 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.12 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.11 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.10 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.1.1 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.0.5 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.0.3 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.0.2 FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.0.1
Not Vulnerable:	FreeRADIUS FreeRADIUS 2.2.10

FreeRADIUS CVE-2017-10980 Denial of Service Vulnerability

FreeRADIUS is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the server due to memory exhaustion, denying service to legitimate users.

FreeRADIUS 2.0.0 through 2.2.9 are vulnerable.

FreeRADIUS CVE-2017-10980 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

FreeRADIUS CVE-2017-10980 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

FreeRADIUS CVE-2017-10980 Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• FreeRADIUS Homepage (FreeRADIUS)
  
• Bug 1468493 - CVE-2017-10980 freeradius: Memory leak in decode_tlv() (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2017-10980 (Redhat)
  
• RHSA-2017:1759 - Security Advisory (Redhat)