CVE-2010-3696

freeradius: DoS via certain DHCP requests

Published Oct 7, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
The fr_dhcp_decode function in lib/dhcp.c in FreeRADIUS 2.1.9, in certain non-default builds, does not properly handle the DHCP Relay Agent Information option, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon outage) via a packet that has more than one sub-option. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3680 The fr_dhcp_decode function in lib/dhcp.c in FreeRADIUS 2.1.9, in certain non-default builds, does not properly handle the DHCP Relay Agent Information option, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon outage) via a packet that has more than one sub-option. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:18 AM
Reserved
Oct 1, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 7, 2010, 9:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:23 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 30, 2010, 12:00 AM