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HistoryAug 06, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

ppp vulnerability

2020-08-0600:00:00
ubuntu.com
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2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • ppp - Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

Details

USN-4451-1 fixed a vulnerability in ppp. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Thomas Chauchefoin working with Trend MicroΒ΄s Zero Day Initiative,
discovered that ppp incorrectly handled module loading. A local attacker
could use this issue to load arbitrary kernel modules and possibly execute
arbitrary code.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu14.04noarchppp<Β 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu14.04noarchppp<Β 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu14.04noarchppp-dbgsym<Β 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu14.04noarchppp-udeb<Β 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchppp<Β 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchppp-dbgsym<Β 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchppp-udeb<Β 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchppp-udeb-dbgsym<Β 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.9%