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CVE-2014-3158

Published: November 15, 2014Last modified: November 10, 2023

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."

Status

ProductReleasePackageStatus
Alpaquita Linux23 LTSpppNot affected (2.4.9-r6)
StreampppNot affected (2.5.0-r4)

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