CVE-2004-1002 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Integer underflow in pppd in cbcp.c for ppp 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CBCP packet with an invalid length value that causes pppd to access an incorrect memory location.

Published: 2004-11-04

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:samba:ppp:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02083.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379450
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17874
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-12-1/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Samba Ppp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-11-04T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:00.549Z

Reserved: 2004-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1002

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-03-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1002

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-191

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