CVE-2004-0564 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0564?

CVE-2004-0564 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Roaring Penguin pppoe (rp-ppoe), if installed or configured to run setuid root contrary to its design, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: the developer has publicly disputed the claim that this is a vulnerability because pppoe "is NOT designed to run setuid-root." Therefore this identifier applies *only* to those configurations and installations under which pppoe is run setuid root despite the developer's warnings.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0564?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Roaring Penguin Pppoe.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0564?

Change a configuration setting.

Is CVE-2004-0564 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0564 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0564, DSA-557-1, GHSA-56r3-rhf9-5xfv.