GLSA 200705-18: PPTPD: Denial of Service attack
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | PPTPD: Denial of Service attack |
| Date: | 05/20/2007 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200705-18 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been reported in PPTPD which could lead to a Denial of Service.Background
PPTPD is a Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol Daemon for Linux.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-dialup/pptpd | < 1.3.4 | >= 1.3.4 | All supported architectures |
Description
James Cameron from HP has reported a vulnerability in PPTPD caused by malformed GRE packets.
Impact
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service on the PPTPD connection.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All PPTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/pptpd-1.3.4"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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