UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10978

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10978
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10978.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10978
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Published
2017-07-17T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:18Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An FR-GV-201 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" and a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freeradius

Package

Name
freeradius
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeradius@2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu5
2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu6
2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu7
2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8
2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-common",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-dialupadmin",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-iodbc",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-krb5",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-ldap",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-mysql",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-postgresql",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeradius-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeradius2",
            "binary_version": "2.1.12+dfsg-1.2ubuntu8.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / freeradius

Package

Name
freeradius
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeradius@2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.12+dfsg-1.3ubuntu5
2.2.8+dfsg-0.1
2.2.8+dfsg-0.1build1
2.2.8+dfsg-0.1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-common",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-iodbc",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-krb5",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-ldap",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-mysql",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-postgresql",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freeradius-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeradius-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeradius2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.8+dfsg-0.1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}