RADIUS: FreeRADIUS data2vp_wimax Heap Buffer Overflow
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in FreeRADIUS. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by sending a crafted RADIUS packet with a malformed WiMAX attribute with the continuation flag set. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution in the security context of the FreeRADIUS server.
Extended Description
An FR-GV-301 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Write overflow in data2vp_wimax()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected Products
Freeradius freeradius
Short Name
RADIUS:FREERAD-DATAVP-WIMAX-BO
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
RADIUS
Keywords
Buffer CVE-2017-10984 FreeRADIUS Heap Overflow bid:99876 data2vp_wimax
Release Date
08/07/2017
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3415
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Freeradius
CVSS Score
7.5