suse · CVE-2014-3158

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Priority: high Published: 2021-05-30 13:20:32 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 18:40:21 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2014-3158 severity important: SUSE including 21 source package names (ppp, ppp-2.4.5.git-2.29.1, …), 63 product×package rows across 53 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (53 product lines)): Fixed 46, Known Not Affected 17.

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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