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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- ROARING_PENGUIN
- Published
- 12/23/2004
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
roaring_penguin : pppoeroaring_penguin : pppoeroaring_penguin : pppoedebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linux
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