[GLSA-200411-01] ppp: Remote denial of service vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-01 ppp: Remote denial of service vulnerability The pppd server improperly verifies header fields, making it vulnerable to denial of service attacks. Impact An attacker can cause the pppd server to access memory that it isn'...

ppp: No denial of service vulnerability

Background ppp is a Unix implementation of the Point-to-Point Protocol. Description The pppd server improperly verifies header fields, potentially leading to a crash of the pppd process handling the connection. However, since a separate pppd process handles each ppp connection, this would not...