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- USN-4451-2
6/8/2020
USN-4451-2: ppp vulnerability
First published: Thu Aug 06 2020(Updated: )
USN-4451-1 fixed a vulnerability in ppp. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Thomas Chauchefoin working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that ppp incorrectly handled module loading. A local attacker could use this issue to load arbitrary kernel modules and possibly execute arbitrary code.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ppp | <2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2 | 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ppp | <2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4 | 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =12.04 |
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