CVE-2014-3158

Point-to-Point Protocol < 2.4.6 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Long Word in Options File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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."

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ppp&m=140764978420764
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128748
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136932.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3079
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0368.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2429-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:135

Scores

EPSS 0.0350
EPSS Percentile 87.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
point-to-point_protocol_project/point-to-point_protocol < 2.4.6
Published Nov 15, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026