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FreeBSD "sppp" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21587
Release Date: 2006-08-24
Last Update: 2006-08-28
Popularity: 6,931 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

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Solution:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.

Fixed versions:
2006-08-23 22:01:44 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.1-STABLE)
2006-08-23 22:02:25 UTC (RELENG_6_1, 6.1-RELEASE-p4)
2006-08-23 22:02:52 UTC (RELENG_6_0, 6.0-RELEASE-p10)
2006-08-23 22:03:55 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.5-STABLE)
2006-08-23 22:04:28 UTC (RELENG_5_5, 5.5-RELEASE-p3)
2006-08-23 22:04:58 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p17)
2006-08-23 22:05:49 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p32)
2006-08-23 22:06:08 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE)
2006-08-23 22:06:40 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p20)

Patch for FreeBSD 4.x:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp4x.patch
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp4x.patch.asc

Patch for FreeBSD 5.3:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp53.patch
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp53.patch.asc

Patch for FreeBSD 5.4, 5.5, and 6.x:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp.patch
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp.patch.asc

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Martin Husemann and Pavel Cahyna.

Changelog:
2006-08-28: Updated name of affected driver.

Original Advisory:
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:18.ppp.asc

Change Page:
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