CVE-2017-10979

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 23.62% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory freeradius.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914 vdb entry third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930 vendor advisory
http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99901 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-10979?
CVE-2017-10979 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-10979?
To fix CVE-2017-10979, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-10979 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-10979 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~24% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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