65 lines
1.9 KiB
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65 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200705-18">
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<title>PPTPD: Denial of Service attack</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability has been reported in PPTPD which could lead to a Denial of
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Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">pptpd</product>
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<announced>May 20, 2007</announced>
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<revised>May 20, 2007: 01</revised>
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<bug>176936</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-dialup/pptpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.3.4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.3.4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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PPTPD is a Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol Daemon for Linux.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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James Cameron from HP has reported a vulnerability in PPTPD caused by
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malformed GRE packets.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of
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Service on the PPTPD connection.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All PPTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/pptpd-1.3.4"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0244">CVE-2007-0244</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 11 May 2007 07:06:10 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 11 May 2007 07:14:40 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 14 May 2007 17:58:13 +0000">
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dizzutch
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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