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.
2010-10-07T21:00:03.500
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.6
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.3 | Yes |
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.6 | Yes |
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.7 | Yes |
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.8 | Yes |
| Application | freeradius | freeradius | 2.1.9 | Yes |