CVE-2014-3158
N/A
Published: November 15, 2014 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPoint To Point Protocol
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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 triggers a heap-based buffer overflow that "[corrupts] security-relevant variables."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136932.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ppp&m=140764978420764Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3079Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:135x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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