CVE-2015-3310
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Memory corruption
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- 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