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CVE-2006-5873

Date: December 11, 2006

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.

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21443

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1230

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4860

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-5873

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23230

Url: http://l2tpns.cvs.sourceforge.net/l2tpns/l2tpns/cluster.c?r1=1.53&r2=1.54

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5873

Url: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=97282&release_id=468202

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23333

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30732

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-5873

Severity Score

7.5

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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