CVE-2017-10985
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion...
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" and a denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" and a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2017-10985- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" and a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2017-10985- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2623 No score
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" and a denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2017-2623- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f348-xh8r-wr5g
7.5
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion...
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" and a denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-f348-xh8r-wr5g- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" and a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2017-10985- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-10985
7.5
An FR-GV-302 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes" and a denial of service.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10985- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2017:2389
8.1
Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius security update
- Record
RHSA-2017:2389- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0232 No score
Updated freeradius packages fix security vulnerabilities
Fuzz testing of freeradius found multiple vulnerabilites that resulted in either the potential for remote code execution or a possible denial of service (except for CVE-2017-10988 which was later determined to not actually result in any vulnerability).
- Record
MGASA-2017-0232- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10767-1 No score
freeradius-server-3.0.23-1.5 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the freeradius-server-3.0.23-1.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10767-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:2202-1 No score
Security update for freeradius-server
This update for freeradius-server fixes the following issues:
- update to 3.0.15 (bsc#1049086)
- Bind the lifetime of program name and python path to the module
- CVE-2017-10978: FR-GV-201: Check input / output length in make_secret() (bsc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10983: FR-GV-206: Fix read overflow when decoding DHCP option 63 (bsc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10984: FR-GV-301: Fix write overflow in data2vp_wimax() (bsc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10985: FR-GV-302: Fix infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes (bsc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10986: FR-GV-303: Fix infinite read in dhcp_attr2vp() (bsc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10987: FR-GV-304: Fix buffer over-read in fr_dhcp_decode_suboptions() (bsc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10988: FR-GV-305: Decode 'signed' attributes correctly. (bsc#1049086)
- FR-AD-001: use strncmp() instead of memcmp() for bounded data
- Print messages when we see deprecated configuration items
- Show reasons why we couldn't parse a certificate expiry time
- Be more accepting about truncated ASN1 times.
- Fix OpenSSL API issue which could leak small amounts of memory.
- For Access-Reject, call rad_authlog() after running the post-auth section, just like for Access-Accept.
- Don't crash when reading corrupted data from session resumption cache.
- Parse port in dhcpclient.
- Don't leak memory for OpenSSL.
- Portability fixes taken from OpenBSD port collection.
- run rad_authlog after post-auth for Access-Reject.
- Don't process VMPS packets twice.
- Fix attribute truncation in rlm_perl
- Fix bug when processing huntgroups.
- FR-AD-002 - Bind the lifetime of program name and python path to the module
- FR-AD-003 - Pass correct statement length into sqlite3_prepare[_v2]
- Record
SUSE-SU-2017:2202-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:2243-1 No score
Security update for freeradius-server
This update for freeradius fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2017-10988: Decode 'signed' attributes correctly. (bnc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10987: Check for option overflowing the packet. (bnc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10985: Fix infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes. (bnc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10984: Fix write overflow in data2vp_wimax(). (bnc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10983: Fix read overflow when decoding option 63. (bnc#1049086)
- CVE-2017-10978: Fix read / write overflow in make_secret(). (bnc#1049086)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2017:2243-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
freeradiusDebian:12 |
before 3.0.15+dfsg-1 | 3.0.15+dfsg-1 |
freeradiusDebian:13 |
before 3.0.15+dfsg-1 | 3.0.15+dfsg-1 |
freeradiusDebian:14 |
before 3.0.15+dfsg-1 | 3.0.15+dfsg-1 |
freeradiusMageia:5 |
before 2.2.10-1.mga5 | 2.2.10-1.mga5 |
freeradiusMageia:6 |
before 3.0.15-1.mga6 | 3.0.15-1.mga6 |
freeradiusRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-docRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-krb5Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
freeradius-ldapRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-mysqlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-postgresqlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-pythonRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-sqliteRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-unixODBCRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradiusRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-docRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-krb5Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-ldapRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-mysqlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-postgresqlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-pythonRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-sqliteRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-unixODBCRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 | 0:3.0.13-8.el7_4 |
freeradius-serverSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 |
before 3.0.15-2.3.1 | 3.0.15-2.3.1 |
freeradius-serverSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 |
before 3.0.15-2.3.1 | 3.0.15-2.3.1 |
freeradius-serverSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 |
before 3.0.15-2.3.1 | 3.0.15-2.3.1 |
freeradius-serverSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 |
before 3.0.3-17.9.1 | 3.0.3-17.9.1 |
freeradius-serverSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 |
before 3.0.3-17.9.1 | 3.0.3-17.9.1 |
freeradius-serverSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 |
before 3.0.3-17.9.1 | 3.0.3-17.9.1 |
freeradius-serverSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 |
before 3.0.3-17.9.1 | 3.0.3-17.9.1 |
freeradius-serveropenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 3.0.23-1.5 | 3.0.23-1.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-10985 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Freeradius, published July 17, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.27%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in freeradius 3.0.15+dfsg-1.
References
debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389
securityfocus.com/bid/99968
freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10985
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f348-xh8r-wr5g
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10985
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0232.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21268
guidovranken.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/11-remote-vulnerabilities-inc-2x-rce-in-freeradius-packet-parsers
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468487
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468503
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468549
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468550
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468551
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468552
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2017/rhsa-2017_2389.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10978
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10978
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10978
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10983
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10983
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10983
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10984
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10984
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10984
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10985
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10985
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10986
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10986
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10986
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10987
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10987
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10987
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172202-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1049086
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10978
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10983
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10984
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10985
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10986
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10987
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10988
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172243-1
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