CVE-2014-3158 (GCVE-0-2014-3158)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-15 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer overflow in the getword function in options.c in pppd in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) before 2.4.7 allows attackers to "access privileged options" via a long word in an options file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow that "[corrupts] security-relevant variables."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2429-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://marc.info/?l=linux-ppp&m=140764978420764 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128748 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3079 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0368.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/7658e825… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2014-08-10 00:00
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