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SUSE: CVE-2017-10979: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-10979: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/17/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/23/2017
Modified
01/26/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-devel
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-dialupadmin
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-doc
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-libs
  • suse-upgrade-freeradius-server-utils

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:2244-1
  • DSA-3930
  • 99901
  • 1038914
  • RHSA-2017:1759
  • CVE-2017-10979
  • USN-3369-1
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