CVE-2017-10985

freeradius: Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" and a denial of service.

Un problema FR-GV-302 en FreeRADIUS versión 3.x anterior a 3.0.15, permite un "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" y una denegación de servicio.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way FreeRADIUS server handled certain attributes in request packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the FreeRADIUS server to enter an infinite loop, consume increasing amounts of memory resources, and ultimately crash by sending a specially crafted request packet.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-07-06 CVE Reserved
2017-07-17 CVE Published
2023-05-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99968	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html	2019-10-03

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930	2019-10-03
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389	2019-10-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10985	2017-08-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468550	2017-08-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.0"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.1 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.1"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.2 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.2"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.3 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.3"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.4 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.4"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.5 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.5"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.6 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.6"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.7 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.7"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.8 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.8"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.9"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.10 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.10"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.11 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.11"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.12 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.12"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.13 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.13"		-		Affected
Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius"		Freeradius Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius"				3.0.14 Search vendor "Freeradius" for product "Freeradius" and version "3.0.14"		-		Affected