{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3310","details":"Buffer overflow in the rc_mksid function in plugins/radius/util.c in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) 2.4.6 and earlier, when the PID for pppd is greater than 65535, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a start accounting message to the RADIUS server.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:08:08.189268Z","published":"2015-04-16T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2595-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-3310"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3310"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/13/4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2595-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3310"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ppp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ppp@2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2"}]}],"versions":["2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2","2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"ppp"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3310.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}