# CVE-2017-10986: An FR-GV-303 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Infinite read in dhcp\_attr2vp()" and a denial of service.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An FR-GV-303 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Infinite read in dhcp_attr2vp()" and a denial of service.

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99971
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389
- http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html

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