CVE-2004-1002 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2004-1002?

CVE-2004-1002 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 4 Nov 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-191

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1002?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Samba Ppp.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1002?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2004-1002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1002, GHSA-2wm2-cfr8-8vw9.