SB2015042402 - Buffer overflow in PPP
Published: April 24, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015042402
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3310)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Buffer overflow in the rc_mksid function in plugins/radius/util.c in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) 2.4.6 and earlier, when the PID for pppd is greater than 65535, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a start accounting message to the RADIUS server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0173.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00147.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3228
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:222
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74163
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2595-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=782450
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-50