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SuSE update for pptpd
Secunia Advisory: SA8965
Release Date: 2003-06-09
Popularity: 8,385 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:SuSE eMail Server 3.x
SuSE Linux 7.x
SuSE Linux 8.x
SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
SuSE Linux Database Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SuSE Linux Office Server

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Description:
SuSE has issued an update for pptpd to fix a vulnerability allowing malicious people to gain system access.

The problem is that it is possible to cause an integer overflow in the third argument passed to the "read()" call. This could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the system.

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