USN-2429-1: ppp vulnerability
1 December 2014
ppp vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
ppp could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- ppp - Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Details
It was discovered that ppp incorrectly handled certain options files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- ppp - 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ppp - 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- ppp - 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- ppp - 2.4.5~git20081126t100229-0ubuntu3.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.