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CVE-2017-10978 json

An FR-GV-201 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" and a denial of se…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-2616

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An FR-GV-201 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" and a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • freeradius freeradius 2.2.10, 3.0.15
  • freeradius Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.15+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10978

  • freeradius Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2
  • freeradius Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10978

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  • freeradius RHEL 7 3.0.13-8.el7_4
  • freeradius-krb5 RHEL 7 3.0.13-8.el7_4
  • freeradius-ldap RHEL 7 3.0.13-8.el7_4
  • freeradius-perl RHEL 7 3.0.13-8.el7_4
  • freeradius-mysql RHEL 7 3.0.13-8.el7_4
  • freeradius-utils RHEL 7 3.0.13-8.el7_4
  • freeradius-python RHEL 7 3.0.13-8.el7_4
  • freeradius-sqlite RHEL 7 3.0.13-8.el7_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2389RHSA-2017:1759

  • freeradius-server SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 3.0.3-17.9.1
  • freeradius-server SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 2.1.1-7.25.3.1
  • freeradius-server SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 3.0.15-2.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2243-1SUSE-SU-2017:2244-1SUSE-SU-2017:2202-1

  • freeradius-server openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.23-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10767-1

  • freeradius Arch Linux 3.0.15-1

arch linux advisories AVG-357

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-10978 updated cvss 5.9

freeradius: Out-of-bounds read/write due to improper output buffer size check in make_secret()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 freeradius, freeradius2
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) freeradius 2.2.6-7.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1759
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) freeradius 3.0.13-8.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2389
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) freeradius-krb5 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-ldap 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-perl 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-mysql 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-utils 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-python 2.2.6-7.el6_9, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1759
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) freeradius-krb5 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-ldap 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-perl 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-mysql 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-utils 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-python 3.0.13-8.el7_4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2389
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) freeradius 2.2.6-7.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1759
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) freeradius 3.0.13-8.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2389
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) freeradius-krb5 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-ldap 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-perl 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-mysql 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-utils 2.2.6-7.el6_9, freeradius-python 2.2.6-7.el6_9, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1759
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) freeradius-krb5 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-ldap 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-perl 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-mysql 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-utils 3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-python 3.0.13-8.el7_4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2389

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Exploit prediction

3.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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