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FreeBSD: VID-F55921AA-10C9-11EC-8647-00E0670F2660: MPD5 PPPoE Server remotely exploitable crash

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FreeBSD: VID-F55921AA-10C9-11EC-8647-00E0670F2660: MPD5 PPPoE Server remotely exploitable crash

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/04/2021
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
02/19/2025

Description

Version 5.9_2 contains security fix for PPPoE servers.

Insufficient validation of incoming PPPoE Discovery request

specially crafted by unauthenticated user might lead to unexpected

termination of the process. The problem affects mpd versions

since 5.0. Installations not using PPPoE server configuration

were not affected.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mpd5

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