CVE-2003-0213

Public Exploit

Description

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 74.73% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105068728421160&w=2	mailing list
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_029.html	vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/673993	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7316	exploit vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=138437
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-295	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/319428	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317995	mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154539727967&w=2	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0213?: CVE-2003-0213 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0213?: To fix CVE-2003-0213, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-0213 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2003-0213 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~75% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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