CVE-2017-10979

Public on 2017-07-17

Modified on 2017-08-04

Description

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way FreeRADIUS server handled certain attributes in request packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the FreeRADIUS server or to execute arbitrary code in the context of the FreeRADIUS server process by sending a specially crafted request packet.

Severity

Important

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CVSS v3 Base Score

8.1

See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	freeradius	2017-08-03 19:11	ALAS-2017-865

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-10979 Mitre: CVE-2017-10979 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity