Roaring Penguin rp-pppoe up to 2.4 Clamp MSS Option denial of service
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A vulnerability was found in Roaring Penguin rp-pppoe up to 2.4. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Clamp MSS Option Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
rp-pppoe PPPoE client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the Clamp MSS option and a TCP packet with a zero-length TCP option.
The weakness was presented 02/12/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61870 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rp-pppoe (MDKSA-2000:084)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 2.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5727) and Tenable (61870).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 61870
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rp-pppoe (MDKSA-2000:084)
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Upgrade: rp-pppoe 2.5
Timeline
12/11/2000 🔍12/18/2000 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0026 (🔍)
X-Force: 5727 - rp-pppoe \
SecurityFocus: 2098 - Roaring Penguin PPPoE Denial of Service Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 07/03/2014 10:35Updated: 04/30/2019 11:23
Changes: 07/03/2014 10:35 (59), 04/30/2019 11:23 (8)
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