Bug 1468493 (CVE-2017-10980) - CVE-2017-10980 freeradius: Memory leak in decode_tlv()
Summary: CVE-2017-10980 freeradius: Memory leak in decode_tlv()
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-10980
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1469120 1469121 1471852
Blocks: 1468570
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-07 09:01 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:58 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: freeradius 2.2.10
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A memory leak flaw was found in the way FreeRADIUS server handles decoding of DHCP packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the FreeRADIUS server to consume an increasing amount of memory resources over time possibly leading to a crash due to memory exhaustion.
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Last Closed: 2017-08-02 09:37:51 UTC
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Proposed patch (755 bytes, patch)
2017-07-07 12:14 UTC, Adam Mariš 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:1759 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: freeradius security update 2017-07-18 07:41:08 UTC

Description Adam Mariš 2017-07-07 09:01:09 UTC 
It was discovered that decode_tlv() function leaked memory in certain circumstances.

The security impact is denial of service by any network device capable of sending DHCP packets to FreeRADIUS, which sends option 82 with multiple sub-options.

Affected versions: 2.0.0 through 2.2.9, inclusive.
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-07-07 09:01:15 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the FreeRADIUS project
Upstream: Guido Vranken
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2017-07-07 12:14:42 UTC 
Created attachment 1295280 [details]
Proposed patch
Comment 6 Dhiru Kholia 2017-07-17 14:32:40 UTC 
Created freeradius tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1471852]
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-07-18 03:42:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2017:1759 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759
Comment 8 Dhiru Kholia 2017-08-02 09:46:21 UTC 
External References:

http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
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