ppp 2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.3 source package in Ubuntu

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ppp (2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.3) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability
    - debian/patches/load_ppp_generic_if_needed: removed, ppp has been
      built into Ubuntu kernels since at least 2012.
    - CVE-2020-15704
  * debian/patches/0016-pppoe-include-netinet-in.h-before-linux-in.h.patch:
    fix build on newer kernels.

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:57:14 -0400

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Marc Deslauriers
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Xenial
Original maintainer:
Ubuntu Developers
Architectures:
linux-any all
Section:
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Urgency:
Medium Urgency

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ppp_2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.3.debian.tar.xz 114.4 KiB badd74a4a38ed436ffdba09264bd943271a65d3a88bbf640b78aa9b934e9c332
ppp_2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.3.dsc 2.1 KiB fc95e836e1a870e4ae8f1584e641f9d1e0f1d49102f9fe0dd2f39224ed087819

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Binary packages built by this source

ppp: Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) - daemon

 The Point-to-Point Protocol provides a standard way to transmit
 datagrams over a serial link, as well as a standard way for the machines
 at either end of the link to negotiate various optional characteristics
 of the link.
 .
 This package is most commonly used to manage a modem for dial-up or
 certain kinds of broadband connections.

ppp-dbgsym: debug symbols for package ppp

 The Point-to-Point Protocol provides a standard way to transmit
 datagrams over a serial link, as well as a standard way for the machines
 at either end of the link to negotiate various optional characteristics
 of the link.
 .
 This package is most commonly used to manage a modem for dial-up or
 certain kinds of broadband connections.

ppp-dev: Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) - development files

 The Point-to-Point Protocol provides a standard way to transmit
 datagrams over a serial link, as well as a standard way for the machines
 at either end of the link to negotiate various optional characteristics
 of the link.
 .
 This package provides files needed to build pppd-related software.

ppp-udeb: Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) - package for Debian Installer

 The Point-to-Point Protocol provides a standard way to transmit
 datagrams over a serial link, as well as a standard way for the machines
 at either end of the link to negotiate various optional characteristics
 of the link.
 .
 This package is a minimal ppp package used by the Debian Installer.

ppp-udeb-dbgsym: debug symbols for package ppp-udeb

 The Point-to-Point Protocol provides a standard way to transmit
 datagrams over a serial link, as well as a standard way for the machines
 at either end of the link to negotiate various optional characteristics
 of the link.
 .
 This package is a minimal ppp package used by the Debian Installer.