UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10979

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10979

    Published: 17 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-10979
    Aliases:
    USN-3369-1

    Summary:

    Details: An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in rad_coalesce()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10979, http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html#FR-GV-202, http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3369-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10979

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freeradius

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2

    Affected versions

    2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu5
    2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu6
    2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu7
    2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8
    2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High