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Unscored USN-2429-1 1 CVE

ppp vulnerability

Published Dec 1, 2014 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that ppp incorrectly handled certain options files. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS ppp 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-3158

    Integer overflow in the getword function in options.c in pppd in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) before 2.4.7 allows attackers…

    ppp ppp Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3158