CVE-2017-10981 describes a memory leak vulnerability (CWE-772) in FreeRADIUS versions 2.x prior to 2.2.10, specifically within the fr_dhcp_decode() function. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.0:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.0:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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