CVE-2017-10979

NameCVE-2017-10979
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1064-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
freeradius (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.2.5+dfsg-0.2+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security)3.0.12+dfsg-5+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch3.0.17+dfsg-1.1+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)3.0.17+dfsg-1.1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye3.0.21+dfsg-2.2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm3.2.1+dfsg-4+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie3.2.5+dfsg-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
freeradiussourcewheezy2.1.12+dfsg-1.2+deb7u2DLA-1064-1
freeradiussourcejessie2.2.5+dfsg-0.2+deb8u1
freeradiussource(unstable)3.0.12+dfsg-3

Notes

http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html#FR-GV-202
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/ae3ba0011e7d299e92c45300e0137a56a650e8f5
Mark as fixed in 3.0.12+dfsg-3 the first 3.x version in unstable
This is not fully technically correct, the issue affects only the 2.x
series but not 3.x.

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