Bug 1218251 (CVE-2022-4603)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2022-4603: ppp: improper validation of array index of the component pppdump
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	IN_PROGRESS ---	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	gianluca.gabrielli
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/351237/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2022-4603:4.3:(AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2023-12-20 08:33:08 UTC

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ppp. Affected is the function dumpppp of the file pppdump/pppdump.c of the component pppdump. The manipulation of the argument spkt.buf/rpkt.buf leads to improper validation of array index. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The name of the patch is a75fb7b198eed50d769c80c36629f38346882cbf. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216198 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: pppdump is not used in normal process of setting up a PPP connection, is not installed setuid-root, and is not invoked automatically in any scenario.

https://vuldb.com/?id.216198
https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/commit/a75fb7b198eed50d769c80c36629f38346882cbf

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-4603

Comment 1 Gianluca Gabrielli 2023-12-20 08:34:05 UTC

Affected packages:
 - SUSE:SLE-11-SP1:Update/ppp
 - SUSE:SLE-12:Update/ppp
 - SUSE:SLE-15:Update/ppp
 - openSUSE:Factory/ppp

Upstream patch: https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/commit/a75fb7b198eed50d769c80c36629f38346882cbf

Comment 5 OBSbugzilla Bot 2023-12-20 15:35:04 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1218251) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1134222 Factory / ppp

Comment 6 Maintenance Automation 2023-12-22 12:30:02 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:4961-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1218251
CVE References: CVE-2022-4603
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src): ppp-2.4.7-4.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (src): ppp-2.4.7-4.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (src): ppp-2.4.7-4.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (src): ppp-2.4.7-4.6.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 7 Maintenance Automation 2023-12-22 16:30:02 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:4965-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1218251
CVE References: CVE-2022-4603
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (src): ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 8 Maintenance Automation 2024-07-09 20:30:35 UTC

SUSE-SU-2024:2380-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1218251
CVE References: CVE-2022-4603
Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:31964](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/31964/)
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (src):
 ppp-2.4.7-150000.5.13.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.