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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11540 |
Category: | Gain a shell remotely |
Title: | PPTP Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
Summary: | The remote PPTP server is prone to a remote buffer overflow; vulnerability. |
Description: | Summary: The remote PPTP server is prone to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The problem occurs due to insufficient sanity checks when referencing user-supplied input used in various calculations. As a result, it may be possible for an attacker to trigger a condition where sensitive memory can be corrupted. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected server. Solution: The vendor has released updated releases of PPTP server which address this issue. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0213 BugTraq ID: 7316 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7316 Bugtraq: 20030409 PoPToP PPTP server remotely exploitable buffer overflow (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317995 Bugtraq: 20030418 Exploit for PoPToP PPTP server (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105068728421160&w=2 Bugtraq: 20030422 Re: Exploit for PoPToP PPTP server - Linux version (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/319428 Bugtraq: 20030428 GLSA: pptpd (200304-08) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154539727967&w=2 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#673993 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/673993 Debian Security Information: DSA-295 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-295 SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2003:029 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_029.html |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2003 Xue Yong Zhi |
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