Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting freeradius package, versions <2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.37% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FREERADIUS-322502
  • published17 Jul 2017
  • disclosed17 Jul 2017

Introduced: 17 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10980  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 freeradius to version 2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeradius package and not the freeradius package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An FR-GV-203 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "DHCP - Memory leak in decode_tlv()" and a denial of service.