Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freeradius-perl package, versions <0:2.2.6-7.el6_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
16.1% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-FREERADIUSPERL-2516565
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Jul 2017

Introduced: 17 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 freeradius-perl to version 0:2.2.6-7.el6_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-1759.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeradius-perl package and not the freeradius-perl package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in rad_coalesce()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.