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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-3310

Buffer overflow in the rc_mksid function in plugins/radius/util.c in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) 2.4.6 and earlier, when the PID for pppd is greater than 65535, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a start accounting message to…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 5.41%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Buffer overflow in the rc_mksid function in plugins/radius/util.c in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) 2.4.6 and earlier, when the PID for pppd is greater than 65535, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a start accounting message to the RADIUS server.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
5.41% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · point-to-point protocol project/point-to-point protocol
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.