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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0564
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17576
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110247119200510&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110253341209450&w=2
• 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11315