{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:28Z",
  "published": "2010-10-07T21:00:03Z",
  "id": "CVE-2010-3697",
  "details": "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.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/41621"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://github.com/alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/ff94dd35673bba1476594299d31ce8293b8bd223"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.freeradius.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639397"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://freeradius.org/press/index.html#2.1.10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/8"
    }
  ]
}