# CVE-2004-0564: Roaring Penguin pppoe (rp-ppoe), if installed or configured to run setuid root contrary to its design, allows local users to overwrite arbit

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-11-19 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Roaring Penguin pppoe (rp-ppoe), if installed or configured to run setuid root contrary to its design, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: the developer has publicly disputed the claim that this is a vulnerability because pppoe "is NOT designed to run setuid-root." Therefore this identifier applies *only* to those configurations and installations under which pppoe is run setuid root despite the developer's warnings.

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110253341209450&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11315
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17576
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-557
- http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC1/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_152794__Updated_rp_pppoe_package_fixes_security_issue.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110247119200510&w=2

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