CVE-2010-3697

freeradius: crash when processing requests queued for more than 30 seconds

Published Oct 7, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3681 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.
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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
Public date
May 30, 2010, 12:00 AM