freeradius: Out-of-bounds read/write due to improper output buffer size check in make_secret()
Published Jul 17, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.81%
Description
An FR-GV-201 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" and a denial of service.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 2.0 · < 2.2.10
- ≥ 3.0.0 · < 3.0.15
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 7.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 6.0
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
freeradius-0:2.2.6-7.el6_9
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1759
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
freeradius-0:3.0.13-8.el7_4
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freeradius
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freeradius2
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | freeradius-0:2.2.6-7.el6_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1759 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | freeradius-0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2389 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freeradius | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freeradius2 | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.81% (0.03806) | 89.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03001) | 85.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 24, 2025 | 3.31% (0.03305) | 86.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 2.23% (0.02231) | 83.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 3.60% (0.03601) | 86.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 2.14% (0.02143) | 89.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 2.14% (0.02143) | 87.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.67% (0.02667) | 88.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01806) | 35.10th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01806) | 34.40th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.81% (0.01806) | 74.37th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.81% (0.01806) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99893 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10978 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468487 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10978
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10978
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99893 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10978 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468487 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10978 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10978 |
Change history (0)
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