ISDN4Linux (i4l) Package Format String Vulnerability in ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) Daemon

CVE-2002-0851 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Format string vulnerability in ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (ipppd) in the ISDN4Linux (i4l) package allows local users to gain root privileges via format strings in the device name command line argument, which is not properly handled in a call to syslog.

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