CVE-2017-10978 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FreeRADIUS versions 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15, specifically impacting Debian and Red Hat distributions. The vulnerability, categorized as a "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" (FR-GV-201), carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0, < 2.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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