CVE-2010-3697: Medium severity FreeRADIUS freeradius vulnerability

Published May 30, 2010
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Updated

It was reported [1],[2] that an error when processing requests queued for more than 30 seconds in src/main/event.c could be exploited to cause the process to crash by sending a large number of requests for an extended period of time.

This flaw seems to only affect 2.1.x and was fixed [3] in 2.1.10.

[1] https://bugs.freeradius.org/bugzilla/showbug.cgi?id=35 [2] http://secunia.com/advisories/41621 [3] http://github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/ff94dd35673bba1476594299d31ce8293b8bd223

The offending file (event.c), nor the affected function (waitforchildtodie()) are not present in the version of freeradius as provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (1.1.3).

Other sources

The waitforchildtodie function in main/event.c in FreeRADIUS 2.1.x before 2.1.10, in certain circumstances involving long-term database outages, does not properly handle long queue times for requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending many requests.

Affected Software

9 affected components
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.2
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.1
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.4
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.7
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.8
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.9
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.3
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.0
FreeRADIUS freeradius=2.1.6

Event History

May 30, 2010
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Data Sourced
12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverity
Oct 1, 2010
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·04:11 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Oct 7, 2010
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:21 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:21 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3697?

CVE-2010-3697 has been classified as medium severity due to its potential for denial-of-service attacks.

2

How do I fix CVE-2010-3697?

To fix CVE-2010-3697, upgrade FreeRADIUS to version 2.1.10 or later, where the vulnerability has been addressed.

3

Which versions of FreeRADIUS are affected by CVE-2010-3697?

CVE-2010-3697 affects FreeRADIUS versions 2.1.0 through 2.1.9.

4

What type of attack does CVE-2010-3697 enable?

CVE-2010-3697 enables a denial-of-service attack by allowing an attacker to crash the process through excessive requests.

5

Is CVE-2010-3697 specific to certain operating systems?

CVE-2010-3697 is not specific to operating systems; it affects any system running the vulnerable versions of FreeRADIUS.

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