vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-10978)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 17, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 17, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A security issue has been found in freeradius <= 3.0.15, where the make_secret() function does not properly check for output buffer size before writing data. A remote attacker with the ability to send packets which are accepted by the server can perform a read or write overflow of up to 16 octets, causing a denial of service.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-10978
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-10978
- URL-http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
- URL-http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99893
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201707-23
- CWE-119
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