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MiracleLinux 4 : freeradius-2.2.6-7.AXS4 (AXSA:2017-1744:01)

🗓️ 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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MiracleLinux 4 includes FreeRADIUS 2.x with multiple security vulnerabilities and denial of service risks.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Miracle Linux Security Advisory AXSA:2017-1744:01.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(289328);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/16");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-10978",
    "CVE-2017-10979",
    "CVE-2017-10980",
    "CVE-2017-10981",
    "CVE-2017-10982",
    "CVE-2017-10983"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2017-A-0232");

  script_name(english:"MiracleLinux 4 : freeradius-2.2.6-7.AXS4 (AXSA:2017-1744:01)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
AXSA:2017-1744:01 advisory.

    The FreeRADIUS Server Project is a high performance and highly configurable
    GPL'd free RADIUS server. The server is similar in some respects to
    Livingston's 2.0 server.  While FreeRADIUS started as a variant of the
    Cistron RADIUS server, they don't share a lot in common any more. It now has
    many more features than Cistron or Livingston, and is much more configurable.
    FreeRADIUS is an Internet authentication daemon, which implements the RADIUS
    protocol, as defined in RFC 2865 (and others). It allows Network Access
    Servers (NAS boxes) to perform authentication for dial-up users. There are
    also RADIUS clients available for Web servers, firewalls, Unix logins, and
    more.  Using RADIUS allows authentication and authorization for a network to
    be centralized, and minimizes the amount of re-configuration which has to be
    done when adding or deleting new users.
    Security issues fixed with this release:
    CVE-2017-10978
    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.
    CVE-2017-10979
    An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows Write
    overflow in rad_coalesce() - this allows remote attackers to cause a
    denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    CVE-2017-10980
    An FR-GV-203 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows DHCP -
    Memory leak in decode_tlv() and a denial of service.
    CVE-2017-10981
    An FR-GV-204 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows DHCP -
    Memory leak in fr_dhcp_decode() and a denial of service.
    CVE-2017-10982
    An FR-GV-205 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows DHCP -
    Buffer over-read in fr_dhcp_decode_options() and a denial of service.
    CVE-2017-10983
    An FR-GV-206 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before
    3.0.15 allows DHCP - Read overflow when decoding option 63 and a
    denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/8176");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected freeradius package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-10979");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/07/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/07/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Miracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MiracleLinux/release", "Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'MIRACLE LINUX' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
if (! preg(pattern:"^4([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MiracleLinux 4.x', 'MIRACLE LINUX ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'MIRACLE LINUX', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '4',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'freeradius-2.2.6-7.AXS4', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'freeradius-2.2.6-7.AXS4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}
if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'freeradius');
}

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16 Jan 2026 00:00Current
8.1High risk
Vulners AI Score8.1
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 39.8
EPSS0.30218
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