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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-50">
<title>PPP: Buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow in PPP might allow remote attackers to cause a
Denial of Service condition.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">ppp</product>
<announced>2017-01-23</announced>
<revised count="1">2017-01-23</revised>
<bug>546554</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-dialup/ppp" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.4.7-r3</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.4.7-r3</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>PPP is a Unix implementation of the Point-to-Point Protocol</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A buffer overflow was discovered in the rc_mksid function in
plugins/radius/util.c in PPP when the PID for pppd is greater than 65535.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition.</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All PPP users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-dialup/ppp-2.4.7-r3"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3310">CVE-2015-3310</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-18T22:55:39Z">b-man</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-23T03:15:31Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>