Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-4304
Buffer overflow in the sppp driver in FreeBSD 4.11 through 6.1, NetBSD 2.0 through 4.0 beta before 20060823, and OpenBSD 3.8 and 3.9 before 20060902 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic), obtain sensitive information, and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Link Control Protocol (LCP) packets with an option length that exceeds the overall length, which triggers the overflow in (1) pppoe and (2) ippp. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly reported for the ppp driver.
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute codeDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4304
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 6.64%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 93 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-4304
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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10.0
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
10.0
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10.0
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NIST |
References for CVE-2006-4304
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http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#sppp
Patch
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ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-019.txt.asc
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http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:18.ppp.asc
Vendor Advisory
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28562
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http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp4x.patch
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http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#sppp
Patch
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1016745
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19684
Products affected by CVE-2006-4304
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*