ubuntu-cve-2024-58250
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-04-22 01:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:53
Summary
Details

The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.

Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ppp",
            "binary_version": "2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "ppp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ppp@2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.1",
        "2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.2",
        "2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3",
        "2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm1",
        "2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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      },
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        "name": "ppp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ppp@2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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            }
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        }
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        "2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.3"
      ]
    },
    {
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          {
            "binary_name": "ppp",
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      },
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        "2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1",
        "2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1.1",
        "2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1.2",
        "2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1.3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ppp",
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      },
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
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        "2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5",
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    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ppp",
            "binary_version": "2.4.9-1+1ubuntu3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "ppp",
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      },
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        "2.4.9-1+1ubuntu2",
        "2.4.9-1+1ubuntu3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "ppp",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "ppp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ppp@2.4.9-1+1.1ubuntu4?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "2.4.9-1+1.1ubuntu2",
        "2.4.9-1+1.1ubuntu4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58250",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:53:16Z",
  "published": "2025-04-22T01:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-58250"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-58250"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/compare/v2.5.1...v2.5.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ppp.samba.org"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-58250"
  ]
}



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