CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0851

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2002-0851 describes a format string vulnerability in the ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (ipppd) in the ISDN4Linux (i4l) package. This allows local users to gain root privileges via improperly handled format strings in the device name command line argument.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to systems, potentially leading to serious security breaches and data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the ISDN4Linux package to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the ipppd daemon to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Format string vulnerability in ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (ipppd) in the ISDN4Linux (i4l) package allows local users to gain root privileges via format strings in the device name command line argument, which is not properly handled in a call to syslog.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS