CVE-2017-10983

7.5 HIGH

Published: July 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

An FR-GV-206 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Read overflow when decoding option 63" and a denial of service.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99915

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html