CVE-2008-1215 (GCVE-0-2008-1215)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-09 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:17
VLAI?
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the command_Expand_Interpret function in command.c in ppp (aka user-ppp), as distributed in FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0, OpenBSD 4.1 and 4.2, and the net/userppp package for NetBSD, allows local users to gain privileges via long commands containing "~" characters.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/29238 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#009_ppp vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/488980/30… mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#014_ppp vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/489031/30… mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28090 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/29234 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/29240 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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