PPP: Information disclosure

Background PPP is a Unix implementation of the Point-to-Point Protocol Description Integer overflow is discovered in the getword function in options.c in PPP Impact A local attacker could execute process with extremely long options list, possibly obtaining sensitive information. Workaround There ...

USN-2429-1 ppp vulnerability

It was discovered that ppp incorrectly handled certain options files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3079-1 (ppp - security update)

A vulnerability was discovered in ppp, an implementation of the Point-to-Point Protocol: an integer overflow in the routine responsible for parsing user-supplied options potentially allows a local attacker to gain root privileges. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb3079.nasl 6995 2017-08-23...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: ppp-2.4.5-33.fc19

The ppp package contains the PPP Point-to-Point Protocol daemon and documentation for PPP support. The PPP protocol provides a method for transmitting datagrams over serial point-to-point links. PPP is usually used to dial in to an ISP Internet Service Provider or other organization over a modem...

Debian DSA-2992-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation : - CVE-2014-3534 Martin Schwidefsky of IBM discovered that the ptrace subsystem does not properly sanitize the psw mask value. On s390 systems, an unprivileged local user...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2992-1 (linux - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation: CVE-2014-3534 Martin Schwidefsky of IBM discovered that the ptrace subsystem does not properly sanitize the psw mask value. On s390 systems, an unprivileged local user...

kernel: net: pppol2tp: level handling in pppol2tp_[s,g]etsockopt()

A flaw was found in the way the pppol2tpsetsockopt and pppol2tpgetsockopt functions in the Linux kernel's PPP over L2TP implementation handled requests with a non-SOLPPPOL2TP socket option level. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system...

kernel: net: pppol2tp: level handling in pppol2tp_[s,g]etsockopt()

A flaw was found in the way the pppol2tpsetsockopt and pppol2tpgetsockopt functions in the Linux kernel's PPP over L2TP implementation handled requests with a non-SOLPPPOL2TP socket option level. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2283-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2285-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2290-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-2290-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 Salva Peiró discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's media- device...

USN-2288-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 Salva Peiró discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's media- device...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-2281-1)

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing...

Payment Card processing services upgrading to Chip-and-PIN and Point-to-Point Encryption

The massive data breaches in U.S retailers 'Target' and 'Neiman Marcus', in which financial credentials of more than 110 million and 1.1 million customers were compromised respectively, have put a spotlight on the need for more secure transactions. To tackle this issue, the two major payment card...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4076

Buffer overflow in the dissectiphccrtpfh function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted packet...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4076

Buffer overflow in the dissectiphccrtpfh function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted packet...

The PCI SAQ P2PE-HW: Patience, POIs and PIMs

The new PCI SAQ P2PE-HW Point to Point Encryption Self-Assessment Questionnaire was released in July 2012, and many merchants are excited about the prospect of a shorter, less arduous compliance validation effort. After all, its significantly shorter than the SAQ-D; instead 12 sections, there are...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4048

The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service invalid pointer dereference and application crash via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump...

SEIL Series routers vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview SEIL Series routers contain a buffer overflow vulnerability. The PPP Access Concentrator PPPAC contained in SEIL Series routers contain a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing PPPoE packets. Impact An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. Accoding to the developer, all...