USN-3810-1

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    USN-3810-1

    Published: 6 Nov 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: ppp vulnerability

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3810-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11574

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ppp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3

    Affected versions

    2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2
    2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.1
    2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2

    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