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ppp: vulnerability history, versions and safety

ppp is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 15 vulnerabilities for it across 9 releases, from Mar 2005 to Apr 2025. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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15 vulnerabilities recorded U15
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5 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on ppp i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: 5 of the 15 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each. The rest have a fixed version to move to.

Long-term outlook: usable, but needs attention 15 vulnerabilities on record across 20 years, none in the last year.

What to do: Plan around the 5 vulnerabilities with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Vulnerabilities on record 15 over 20 years · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 22 Apr 2025 i
  • Highest CVSS 9.8 i
  • With no published fix 5 i

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert holds for ppp, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.

Newest 9 of 9 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2005 2
  • 2006 2
  • 2008 4
  • 2014 2
  • 2015 2
  • 2018 2
  • 2025 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 15 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for ppp

The 5 most severe of 15 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
Critical Integer Overflow Vulnerability in PPPD EAP-TLS Implementation 9.8 critical 2.4.7-2+3 14 Jun 2018
Integer Underflow Vulnerability in PPP Package: Denial of Service Risk 7.5 high 2.4.2+20040428-3 01 Mar 2005
Integer Overflow Vulnerability in PPP Package (ppp) - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Risk N/A unrated 2.4.6-3 15 Nov 2014
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ppp Package: CVE-2006-2194 N/A unrated 2.4.4rel-1 05 Jul 2006
Privilege Mismanagement in pppd Passprompt Plugin - CVE-2024-58250 N/A unrated No fix published 22 Apr 2025

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315

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Questions

About ppp

Is ppp safe to use?

Vulert records 15 vulnerabilities for ppp in Debian: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 15 not yet rated. 5 of them have no published fix yet, so those are the ones to avoid or mitigate.

How many vulnerabilities does ppp have?

15 vulnerabilities are recorded for ppp in the Debian ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 15 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new ppp vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for ppp in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 01 Mar 2005. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of ppp are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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