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
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