Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title ppp vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3810-1 First vendor Publication 2018-11-06
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-11-06
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores

Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

ppp could be made to crash or bypass authentication if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description: - ppp: Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

Details:

Ivan Gotovchits discovered that ppp incorrectly handled the EAP-TLS protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ppp to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass authentication.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
ppp 2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
ppp 2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
ppp 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3810-1
CVE-2018-11574

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppp/2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppp/2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppp/2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3810-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-aed26fc705.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-06-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-b99d43ee9b.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

If you want to see full details history, please login or register.
0
Date Informations
2018-11-06 21:18:53
  • First insertion