CVE-2008-1215
N/A
Published: March 9, 2008 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFreeBSDOpenBSDNetBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the command_Expand_Interpret function in command.c in ppp (aka user-ppp), as distributed in FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0, OpenBSD 4.1 and 4.2, and the net/userppp package for NetBSD, allows local users to gain privileges via long commands containing "~" characters.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29234Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29238Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29240Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#014_pppVendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#009_pppMailing Listx_refsource_VULN-DEVExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/488980/30/0/threadedMailing Listx_refsource_VULN-DEVExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/489031/30/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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