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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-19
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: PPP: Information disclosure
Date: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #519650
ID: 201412-19

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Synopsis
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An integer overflow in PPP might allow local attackers to obtain
sensitive information.

Background
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PPP is a Unix implementation of the Point-to-Point Protocol.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dialup/ppp < 2.4.7 >= 2.4.7

Description
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Integer overflow is discovered in the getword function in options.c in
PPP.

Impact
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A local attacker could execute process with extremely long options
list, possibly obtaining sensitive information.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PPP users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-dialup/ppp-2.4.7”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3158
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3158

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-19.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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AutorMarko Stanec
Cert idNCERT-REF-2014-12-0025-ADV
CveCERT-CVE-DUMMY
ID izvornikaCERT-ORIGID-DUMMY
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Izvorhttp://www.adobe.com/
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