CVE-2017-10983 Denial of service in n/a
A buffer overflow in FreeRADIUS DHCP option decoding allows remote attackers to cause a 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-2017-10983?
CVE-2017-10983 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An FR-GV-206 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Read overflow when decoding option 63" and a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10983?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freeradius Freeradius.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10983?
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-2017-10983 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10983 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10983, GHSA-5qv7-5q4p-6wwq, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10983.