CVE-2020-7466

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-7466
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-06 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-19 00:56:00 UTC
DescriptionThe PPP implementation of MPD before 5.9 allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted PPP authentication message to cause the daemon to read beyond allocated memory buffer, which would result in a denial of service condition.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mpd Project Mpd All All All All
Application Mpd Project Mpd All All All All
Application Stormshield Stormshield Network Security All All All All
Application Stormshield Stormshield Network Security 4.4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MPD: FreeBSD PPP daemon / Bugs / #69 report a vulnerability MISC sourceforge.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
MPD: FreeBSD PPP daemon / Code / Commit [r2374] MISC sourceforge.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690543 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for multi-link ppp protocol daemon mpd5 remotely exploitable crash (cd97c7ca-f079-11ea-9c31-001b216d295b)
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