CVE-2017-10978: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Freeradius Freeradius: from 2.0, before 2.2.10 (fixed in 2.2.10); from 3.0.0, before 3.0.15 (fixed in 3.0.15)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2017-07-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.