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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-10979: ELSA-2017-1759: freeradius security update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 17, 2017 | Jul 19, 2017 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 17, 2017
Added
Jul 19, 2017
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
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.
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.
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.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradiusoracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-krb5oracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-ldaporacle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-mysqloracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-perloracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-postgresqloracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-pythonoracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-unixodbcoracle-linux-upgrade-freeradius-utils
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