CVE-2014-3158
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.1%
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.”
References
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0368.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136932.html
marc.info/?l=linux-ppp&m=140764978420764
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3079
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:135
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2429-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128748
github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/7658e8257183f062dc01f87969c140707c7e52cb
Related
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.1%