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.”
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136932.html
marc.info/?l=linux-ppp&m=140764978420764
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3158
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3158
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3158
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2429-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3158