DoS vulnerability in rp-pppoe versions <= 2.4

["David F. Skoll" <dfs () ROARINGPENGUIN COM>]

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There is a denial-of-service vulnerability in rp-pppoe versions up to
2.4.  rp-pppoe is a user-space PPPoE client for a bunch of UNIXes and
Linux, used by many residential ADSL customers.

If you use the "Clamp MSS" option and someone crafts a TCP packet with
an (illegal) "zero-length" option, rp-pppoe will fall into an endless loop.
Eventually, the PPP daemon should time out and kill the connection.

Solution:  Upgrade to rp-pppoe 2.5 at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/.
If you cannot upgrade quickly, do not use the "Clamp MSS" option until you
can upgrade.

Thanks to Robert Schlabbach for reporting this vulnerability to me.

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David F. Skoll
Roaring Penguin Software Inc. | http://www.roaringpenguin.com
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