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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : ppp vulnerability (USN-2595-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83256

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2595-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that ppp incorrectly handled large PIDs. When pppd is used with a RADIUS server, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause it to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected ppp, ppp-dev and / or ppp-udeb packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2595-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83256

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2595-1.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2015

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3310

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ppp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ppp-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ppp

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3310

BID: 74163

USN: 2595-1