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Debian DSA-557-1 : rp-pppoe - missing privilege dropping

low Nessus Plugin ID 15655

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, the PPP over Ethernet driver from Roaring Penguin. When the program is running setuid root (which is not the case in a default Debian installation), an attacker could overwrite any file on the file system.

Solution

Upgrade the pppoe package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.3-1.2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-557

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15655

File Name: debian_DSA-557.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pppoe, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rp-pppoe, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0564

DSA: 557