MGASA-2015-0173

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    MGASA-2015-0173

    Published: 30 Apr 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3310

    Summary: Updated ppp packages fix CVE-2015-3310

    Details: Updated ppp packages fix security vulnerability: Emanuele Rocca discovered that ppp was subject to a buffer overflow when communicating with a RADIUS server. This would allow unauthenticated users to cause a denial-of-service by crashing the daemon (CVE-2015-3310).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0173.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15714, https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3228

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ppp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ppp?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.5-17.2.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High