CVE detail
CVE-2017-10979
An 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.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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Security testing of FreeRADIUS using a technique known as fuzzing revealed more than a dozen issues, including vulnerabilities that can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and remote code execution.
newswww.securityweek.comJul 18, 2017, 9:29 AM
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