CVE-2017-10983

Description

An FR-GV-206 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Read overflow when decoding option 63" and a denial of service.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.41% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory freeradius.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914 third party advisory vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99915 vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389 vendor advisory
http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-10983?
CVE-2017-10983 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-10983?
To fix CVE-2017-10983, 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-2017-10983 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-10983 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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