Memory leak in FreeRADIUS - CVE-2017-10981
Published: July 18, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7555
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10981
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeRADIUS Server Project
Affected software:
FreeRADIUS
FreeRADIUS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak in fr_dhcp_decode() function when processing DHCP packets. A remote attacker on local network can send specially crafted DHCP packets with malicious options to vulnerable system and trigger denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10981
Update to version 2.2.10.