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 to "access privileged options" via a long word in an options file, which
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-11-15 21:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-05-03
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6fdaf7674e7d8ce0ddc9769a94484967617fce5164d4dd0a8dd7eb77fedc3bae
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2429-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2429-1
- marc.info[linux-ppp] 20140810 ppp-2.4.7 releasedhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-ppp&m=140764978420764
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:135http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:135
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128748
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-9412http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136932.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3079http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3079
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0368.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/7658e8257183f062dc01f87969c140707c7e52cb
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ppp Fixed in 2.4.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ppp Fixed in 2.4.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ppp Fixed in 2.4.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ppp Fixed in 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.