PT-2002-1865 · Unknown · Isdn4Linux

Published

2002-09-05

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Updated

2008-09-05

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CVE-2002-0851

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ISDN4Linux (i4l) package (affected versions not specified)
Description: The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (ipppd). This vulnerability allows local users to gain root privileges by exploiting format strings in the device name command line argument. The argument is not properly handled in a call to syslog.
Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0851

Affected Products

Isdn4Linux