CVE-2023-52557 (GCVE-0-2023-52557)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-01 16:14 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OpenBSD 7.3 invalid l2tp message npppd crash
Summary
In OpenBSD 7.3 before errata 016, npppd(8) could crash by a l2tp message which has an AVP (Attribute-Value Pair) with wrong length.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-01 20:52 UTC
CWE
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-09-21 00:00
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