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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 9, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-1215

CVE-2008-1215

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the command_Expand_Interpret function in command.c in ppp (aka user-ppp), as distributed in FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0, OpenBSD 4.1 and 4.2, and the net/userppp package for NetBSD, allows local users to gain privileges via long commands containing "~" characters.

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Affected products

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • NetBSD/NetBSD
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenBSD/OpenBSD2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenBSD/pppllm-create
    Range: 4.1, 4.2
  • FreeBSD/pppllm-fuzzy
    Range: 6.3, 7.0
  • NetBSD/userpppllm-fuzzy

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