CVE-2015-3310

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3310
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-24 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-24 15:55:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Point-to-point Protocol Project Point-to-point Protocol All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:222 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-2595-1: ppp vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0173 - Updated ppp packages fix CVE-2015-3310 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
PPP: Buffer overflow (GLSA 201701-50) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
#782450 - ppp: CVE-2015-3310: Buffer overflow in radius plugin - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:2121-1: moderate: ppp SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3228-1 ppp DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710524 Gentoo Linux PPP Buffer overflow Vulnerability (GLSA 201701-50)
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