USN-2595-1

It was discovered that ppp incorrectly handled large PIDs. When pppd is used with a RADIUS server, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause it to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ppp

Package

Name: ppp
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ppp@2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2

2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "ppp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "ppp-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-3310"
        }
    ]
}