CVE-2004-1002

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-191

Description

Integer underflow in pppd in cbcp.c for ppp 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CBCP packet with an invalid length value that causes pppd to access an incorrect memory location.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 4.10
ppp: 2.4.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379450
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17874
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-12-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379450
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17874
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-12-1/

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