CVE-2008-1215 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in the PPP utility to gain elevated privileges on affected Unix systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-1215?
CVE-2008-1215 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 9 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the command_Expand_Interpret function in command.c in ppp (aka user-ppp), as distributed in FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0, OpenBSD 4.1 and 4.2, and the net/userppp package for NetBSD, allows local users to gain privileges via long commands containing "~" characters.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1215?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Netbsd Netbsd, Openbsd Openbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1215?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2008-1215 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1215 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j669-fq8p-5cf3.