CVE-2003-0213 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ctrlpacket.c in PoPToP PPTP server before 1.1.4-b3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a length field of 0 or 1, which causes a negative value to be fed into a read operation, leading to a buffer overflow.

Published: 2003-04-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 76.1% High

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:poptop:pptp_server:1.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:poptop:pptp_server:1.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:poptop:pptp_server:1.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:poptop:pptp_server:1.1.3_2002-10-09:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:poptop:pptp_server:1.1.4b1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:poptop:pptp_server:1.1.4b2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.76062.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105068728421160&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154539727967&w=2
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=138437
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-295
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/673993
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_029.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317995
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/319428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7316

History

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Subscriptions

Poptop Pptp Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-26T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:36.037Z

Reserved: 2003-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0213

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-05-12T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0213

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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