Vulnerability · Published Dec 18, 2022 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2022-4603ppp pppdump pppdump.c dumpppp array index
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity memory corruption in ppp from unspecified. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ppp. Affected is the function dumpppp of the file pppdump/pppdump.c of the component pppdump. The manipulation of the argument spkt.buf/rpkt.buf leads to improper validation of array index. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The name of the patch is a75fb7b198eed50d769c80c36629f38346882cbf. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216198 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: pppdump is not used in normal process of setting up a PPP connection, is not installed setuid-root, and is not invoked automatically in any scenario.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | ppp | 2.4.9-r6 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-4603 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ppp | 2.4.9-r6 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-4603 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ppp | 2.4.9-r6 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-4603 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ppp | 2.4.9-r6 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-4603 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ppp | 2.4.9-r6 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-4603 |
| Debian:12 | ppp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4603 |
| Debian:13 | ppp | 2.5.0-1+2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4603 |
| Debian:14 | ppp | 2.5.0-1+2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4603 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| unspecified | ppp | n/a |
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L