| Name | CVE-2024-58250 |
| Description | The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ppp (PTS) | bullseye | 2.4.9-1+1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.4.9-1+1.1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.5.2-1+1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ppp | source | (unstable) | 2.5.2-1+1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - ppp <ignored> (plugin removal may break existing configurations)
[bullseye] - ppp <ignored> (plugin removal may break existing configurations)
Fixed by: https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/commit/0a66ad22e54c72690ec2a29a019767c55c5281fc (v2.5.2)
Fix removes the passprompt plugin (can be replaced using passwordfd plugin, may break existing
configurations)