VDB
CVE-2014-3158
CVE-2014-3158
PUBLISHED
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."
EPSS 1.48% · 81.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.48%
81.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | ppp | 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- USN-2429-1 (circl)
- [linux-ppp] 20140810 ppp-2.4.7 released (circl)
- MDVSA-2015:135 (circl)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128748 (circl)
- FEDORA-2014-9412 (circl)
- DSA-3079 (circl)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0368.html (circl)
- https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/7658e8257183f062dc01f87969c140707c7e52cb (circl)
Timeline
- Nov 15, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3158 third-party-advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-ppp&m=140764978420764 third-party-advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136932.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2429-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3158 third-party-advisory