CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0213

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The ctrlpacket.c file in the PoPToP PPTP server before version 1.1.4-b3 has a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by setting the length field to 0 or 1. This leads to a negative value being fed into a read operation, resulting in a buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the server, potentially leading to service downtime and loss of availability for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the PoPToP PPTP server to version 1.1.4-b3 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

ctrlpacket.c in PoPToP PPTP server before 1.1.4-b3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a length field of 0 or 1, which causes a negative value to be fed into a read operation, leading to a buffer overflow.

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