CVE-2004-0564: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.0 only
• Roaring Penguin Pppoe: version 3.0 only; version 3.3 only; version 3.5 only

Published 2004-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.