VDB-54952 · CVE-2010-3697 · BID 48880

FreeRADIUS up to 2.1.9 wait_for_child_to_die resource management

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A vulnerability was found in FreeRADIUS up to 2.1.9 (Network Authentication Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function wait_for_child_to_die. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 10/07/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3697 since 10/01/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70869 (GLSA-201311-09 : FreeRADIUS: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (70869). The entries 54951 and 58191 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 70869
Nessus Name: GLSA-201311-09 : FreeRADIUS: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 860348
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201311-09
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: FreeRADIUS 2.1.3
Patch: github.com

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10/01/2010 🔍
10/07/2010 +6 days 🔍
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11/13/2013 +1133 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +491 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ff94dd35673bba1476594299d31ce8293b8bd223
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3697 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 48880
Secunia: 41621

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 12:03
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (64), 02/07/2019 15:22 (2), 09/26/2021 12:03 (4)
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