CVE-2015-3310 (GCVE-0-2015-3310)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-04-24 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Buffer overflow in the rc_mksid function in plugins/radius/util.c in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) 2.4.6 and earlier, when the PID for pppd is greater than 65535, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a start accounting message to the RADIUS server.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3228 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2595-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74163 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-50 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0173.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2015-04-16 00:00
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