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CVE-2008-1215

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-03-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Openbsd OpenbsdFreebsd FreebsdNetbsd Netbsd

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References