HIGH
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
Published Aug 24, 2006
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.91%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
11.91% 0.11914
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.11914
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (49 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.91% (0.11914) | 95.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.32% (0.11319) | 95.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 16, 2026 | 5.76% (0.05765) | 90.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 6.77% (0.06768) | 91.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 5.62% (0.05619) | 90.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 10.22% (0.10216) | 93.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 5.62% (0.05619) | 90.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 10.22% (0.10216) | 92.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 5.62% (0.05619) | 90.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 6.86% (0.06855) | 91.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 10.79% (0.10790) | 93.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 6.86% (0.06855) | 91.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 5.17% (0.05167) | 89.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 10.79% (0.10790) | 93.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 5.17% (0.05167) | 89.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 10.79% (0.10790) | 93.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 15, 2025 | 5.17% (0.05167) | 89.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 6.86% (0.06855) | 90.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 10.79% (0.10790) | 93.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 6.86% (0.06855) | 91.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 1, 2025 | 10.79% (0.10790) | 93.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 6.86% (0.06855) | 90.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 10.79% (0.10790) | 93.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 6, 2025 | 6.86% (0.06855) | 90.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 5.62% (0.05619) | 89.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 10.22% (0.10216) | 92.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 6.05% (0.06047) | 90.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 1, 2025 | 9.35% (0.09346) | 92.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 4, 2025 | 5.11% (0.05112) | 89.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 9.35% (0.09346) | 92.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 5, 2025 | 5.02% (0.05019) | 88.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 4, 2025 | 9.19% (0.09186) | 91.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 5.02% (0.05019) | 88.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 2, 2025 | 9.19% (0.09186) | 91.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.02% (0.05019) | 88.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.32% (0.07318) | 85.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 5.02% (0.05019) | 88.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 7.32% (0.07318) | 90.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 5.02% (0.05019) | 88.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 7.32% (0.07318) | 90.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.15% (0.05147) | 89.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 6.64% (0.06635) | 94.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 19, 2023 | 6.64% (0.06635) | 92.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2023 | 8.43% (0.08435) | 93.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2023 | 5.24% (0.05242) | 91.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.52% (0.04525) | 91.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-019.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21587 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21731 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:18.ppp.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp4x.patch x_refsource_MISC
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016745 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#sppp vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDPatch
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#sppp vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19684 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28562 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-019.txt.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21587 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21731 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:18.ppp.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:18/ppp4x.patch | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016745 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#sppp | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDPatch | |
| http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#sppp | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19684 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28562 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 24, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 22, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4304
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a