Security Advisory

CVE-2014-3158

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2014-11-15 21:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 10:35:56
Assigner Chrome
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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."