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CVE-2017-10978

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An FR-GV-201 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" and a denial of service.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• freeradius: from 2.0 before 2.2.10; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.15 — fixed in 2.2.10, 3.0.15
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: freeradius 2.2.10, 3.0.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99893
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389
• http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99893
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389

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