Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-3697
CVE-2010-3697
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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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=2.1.0, <2.1.10
Patches
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References
7- github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/ff94dd35673bba1476594299d31ce8293b8bd223nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/41621nvdVendor Advisory
- freeradius.org/press/index.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/8nvd
- bugs.freeradius.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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