ppp could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that ppp incorrectly handled certain options files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.
1 December 2014
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
ppp could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that ppp incorrectly handled certain options files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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