CVE-2015-3310

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3310
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-24 14:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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 Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Point-to-point Protocol Project Point-to-point Protocol All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0173 - Updated ppp packages fix CVE-2015-3310 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3228-1 ppp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:2121-1: moderate: ppp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
PPP: Buffer overflow (GLSA 201701-50) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
#782450 - ppp: CVE-2015-3310: Buffer overflow in radius plugin - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-2595-1: ppp vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:222 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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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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