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Debian DSA-1288-1 : pptpd - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25177

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the PoPToP Point to Point Tunneling Server contains a programming error, which allows the tear-down of a PPTP connection through a malformed GRE packet, resulting in denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the pptpd packages.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0-2etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1288

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25177

File Name: debian_DSA-1288.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pptpd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0244

DSA: 1288