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CVE-2017-9148

The TLS session cache in FreeRADIUS 2.1.1 through 2.1.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.14, 3.1.x before 2017-02-04, and 4.0.x before 2017-02-04 fails to reliably prevent resumption of an unauthenticated session, which allows remote attackers (such as malicious 802.1X supplicants) to bypass authentication via PEAP or TTLS.

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 21.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 21.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
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Peak daily
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Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
3 source links · newest first
  • A FreeRADIUS update released on Friday patches a potentially serious vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass authentication to the server. Developers have known about the flaw for months, but their previous fix turned out to be incomplete.

    newswww.securityweek.comMay 30, 2017, 4:14 PM
  • A vulnerability in the free, open source FreeRADIUS server could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass authentication via PEAP or TTLS. There is currently no indication that the flaw is being exploited in the wild, but as the existence of the flaw has been made public, the likelihood of attacks rises. The good news is the FreeRADIUS Development Team has plugged the hole in version 3.0.14 of the FreeRADIUS suite (pushed out on Friday), … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comMay 30, 2017, 3:41 PM
  • The security researcher Stefan Winter has discovered a TLS resumption authentication bypass in FreeRADIUS, the world’s most popular RADIUS Server. The security researcher Stefan Winter from the Luxembourg’s high-speed academic network RESTENA has discovered a FreeRADIUS TLS resumption authentication bypass. FreeRADIUS is the world’s most popular RADIUS Server, “it is the basis for multiple commercial offerings. It supplies the […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMay 30, 2017, 7:18 AM

Exploit code

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