CVE-2006-4304
HIGHEPSS 95th pctlDescription
Buffer overflow in the sppp driver in FreeBSD 4.11 through 6.1, NetBSD 2.0 through 4.0 beta before 20060823, and OpenBSD 3.8 and 3.9 before 20060902 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic), obtain sensitive information, and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Link Control Protocol (LCP) packets with an option length that exceeds the overall length, which triggers the overflow in (1) pppoe and (2) ippp. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly reported for the ppp driver.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21587
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21731
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:18.ppp.asc
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp4x.patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016745
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#sppp
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#sppp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19684
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28562
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.