debian · CVE-2014-3158

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Priority: medium Published: Updated: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:50:59 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2014-3158 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ppp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

Integer overflow in the getword function in options.c in pppd in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) before 2.4.7 allows attackers to "access privileged options" via a long word in an options file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow that "[corrupts] security-relevant variables."

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