CVE-2024-58250

Public on 2025-04-22
Modified on 2025-04-24
Description

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

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 ppp 2025-05-27 ALAS-2025-1980
Amazon Linux 2 - Core ppp 2025-05-29 ALAS2-2025-2867

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2024-58250 Mitre: CVE-2024-58250