PT-2002-1885 · L2Tpd · L2Tpd

Published 2002-09-05 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2002-0873

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: l2tpd version 0.67

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to overwrite the vendor field by providing a long value in an attribute/value pair, which could be related to a buffer overflow.

Recommendations: For l2tpd version 0.67, consider restricting access to the attribute/value pair functionality until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using long values in attribute/value pairs to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0873

DSA-152

Affected Products

L2Tpd

References · 3

• http://debian.org/security/2002/dsa-152 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0873 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/10460.php · Note