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FreeBSD "sppp" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21587
Release Date: 2006-08-24
Last Update: 2006-08-28
Popularity: 6,946 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:FreeBSD 4.x
FreeBSD 5.x
FreeBSD 6.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in FreeBSD, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain knowledge about potentially sensitive information, and compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors within the sppp driver when processing LCP (Link Control Protocol) options and can be exploited by sending specially crafted LCP packets.

The vulnerability has been reported for all FreeBSD releases.

Change Page:
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