SB2017012330 - Gentoo update for PPP
Published: January 23, 2017 Updated: January 23, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017012330
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.