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CVE-2008-1215

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the command_Expand_Interpret function in command.c in ppp (aka user-ppp), as distributed in FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0, OpenBSD 4.1 and 4.2, and the net/userppp package for NetBSD, allows local users to gain privileges via long commands containing "~" characters.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 6.3, 7.0
• Netbsd: all versions
• OpenBSD: 4.1, 4.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29234
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29238
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29240
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#014_ppp
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#009_ppp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/488980/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/489031/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28090
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41034
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29234
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29238
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29240

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