Info

Last Modified

about 1 year ago

Percent Complete

100%

Disclosure

Feb 23, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Feb 23, 2004

Solution

Unknown

Description

Mac OS X pppd contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to read CHAP or PAP authentication credentials in the pppd process. The issue is due to a format string error in a format specifier function "option_error()". By sending a specially crafted command line argument, a local attacker can read arbitrary data in pppd process, including the user's PAP/CHAP authentication credentials. This flaw may lead to a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Apple has released a patch (Security Update 2004-02-23) to address this vulnerability.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.

pppd

2.4.0

References

ISS X-Force ID: 15297
CVE ID: 2004-0165 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 529
CERT VU: 841742
Bugtraq ID: 9730
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
Other Advisory URL: http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2004/a022304-1.txt

Credit

Dave G. - davegatstake.com - @stake, Inc.
JxT - jtibbssecnetops.com - SNOsoft Research

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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