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OpenBSD ppp Command Parsing Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : OpenBSD ppp Command Parsing Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0820
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1215
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-10

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in OpenBSD, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain elevated privileges [...]

Solution

Apply patch for OpenBSD 4.2 :
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.2/common/009_ppp.patch

Apply patch for OpenBSD 4.1 :
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.1/common/014_ppp.patch

Credits

Vulnerability reported by sipherr.

ChangeLog

2008-03-10 : Initial release

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