ppp pppdump pppdump.c dumpppp array index

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ppp. Affected is the function dumpppp of the file pppdump/pppdump.c of the component pppdump. The manipulation of the argument spkt.buf/rpkt.buf leads to improper validation of array index. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The name of the patch is a75fb7b198eed50d769c80c36629f38346882cbf. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216198 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: pppdump is not used in normal process of setting up a PPP connection, is not installed setuid-root, and is not invoked automatically in any scenario.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.89% · top 40% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• CWE-119 Memory Corruption -> CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• unspecified · ppp

  • affected n/a

References (4)

• https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/commit/a75fb7b198eed50d769c80c36629f38346882cbf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://vuldb.com/?id.216198 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• FEDORA-2024-f0f2f19820 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J43NP7ABHOCIWOFHWCH6ZCZOYKZH6723/ (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 3 Aug 2024, 01:41 UTC.