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GLSA-201412-19 : PPP: Information disclosure

high Nessus Plugin ID 79972

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-19 (PPP: Information disclosure)

 Integer overflow is discovered in the getword function in options.c in PPP Impact :

 A local attacker could execute process with extremely long options list, possibly obtaining sensitive information.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PPP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dialup/ppp-2.4.7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-19

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79972

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201412-19.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ppp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3158

BID: 69399

GLSA: 201412-19