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TI-2017-08069 Aliases CVE-2017-10987GHSA-9m86-q665-gj66

An FR-GV-304 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Buffer over-read in…

Priority LOW 38CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An FR-GV-304 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Buffer over-read in fr_dhcp_decode_suboptions()" and a denial of service.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02988 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.1Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.2Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.3Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.4Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.5Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.6Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.7Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.8Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.9Vulnerablefreeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.2 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.3 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.4 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.5 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.6 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.7 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.8 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.9 Vulnerable ·freeradius
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.10Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.11Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.12Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.13Vulnerablefreeradius
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.14Vulnerablefreeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.10 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.11 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.12 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.13 Vulnerable ·freeradius
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.14 Vulnerable ·freeradius

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2017:2389 Released 2017-08-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    freeradius security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) freeradius-3.0.13-8.el7_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) freeradius-devel-3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-devel-3.0.13-8.el7_4.ppc, freeradius-doc-3.0.13-8.el7_4 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) freeradius-3.0.13-8.el7_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) freeradius-devel-3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-doc-3.0.13-8.el7_4, freeradius-krb5-3.0.13-8.el7_4 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2389
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-10987
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9m86-q665-gj66

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2019-07466 Race condition in freeradius CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
  • TI-2024-03351 RADIUS Protocol under RFC2865 is vulnerable to forgery attacks. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2019-08409 FreeRADIUS before 3.0.19 does not prevent use of reflection for authentication spoofing… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-08061 An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-08066 An FR-GV-301 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Write overflow in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06599 The TLS session cache in FreeRADIUS 2.1.1 through 2.1.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.14, 3.1.x… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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