CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-5873
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-12-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
Buffer overflow in the cluster_process_heartbeat function in cluster.c in layer 2 tunneling protocol network server (l2tpns) before 2.1.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large heartbeat packet.
Affected configurations
• l2tpns l2tpns 1.1
• l2tpns l2tpns 2.0.13
• l2tpns l2tpns 2.1
• debian debian linux 3.1
References
- http://l2tpns.cvs.sourceforge.net/l2tpns/l2tpns/cluster.c?r1=1.53&r2=1.54 Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23230 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23333 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=97282&release_id=468202 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1230 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21443 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4860 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30732 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://l2tpns.cvs.sourceforge.net/l2tpns/l2tpns/cluster.c?r1=1.53&r2=1.54 Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23230 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23333 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=97282&release_id=468202 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1230 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21443 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4860 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30732 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com