CVE-2010-3697
The wait_for_child_to_die 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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The wait_for_child_to_die 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.21% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- freeradius/freeradius
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://freeradius.org/press/index.html#2.1.10
- http://github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/ff94dd35673bba1476594299d31ce8293b8bd223Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41621Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/8
- https://bugs.freeradius.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639397
- http://freeradius.org/press/index.html#2.1.10
- http://github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/ff94dd35673bba1476594299d31ce8293b8bd223Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41621Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/8
- https://bugs.freeradius.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639397
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.