Out-of-bounds read in FreeRADIUS - CVE-2017-10986
Published: July 18, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7560
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-2017-10986
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite out-of-bounds read in dhcp_attr2vp() function when decoding string options in an array. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DHCP packet to vulnerable radius server and crash the affected application.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite out-of-bounds read in dhcp_attr2vp() function when decoding string options in an array. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DHCP packet to vulnerable radius server and crash the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10986
Update to version 3.0.15.