CVE-2010-3697 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 7 Oct 2010 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the FreeRADIUS daemon by sending many requests during long database outages, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2010-3697?

CVE-2010-3697 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The wait_for_child_to_die function in main/event.c in FreeRADIUS 2.1.x before 2.1.10, in certain circumstances involving long-term database outages, does not properly handle long queue times for requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending many requests.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3697?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freeradius Freeradius.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3697?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-3697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3697, GHSA-v8vm-3fjp-pgmg.