CVE-2020-15173
HIGH
8.2
Our Analysis: Environment Specific
Our model has classified this vulnerability as relevant to Environment Specific Systems, helping your team prioritize efforts effectively.
Published Date
September 9, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
CVSS Vector
Not Available
Description
In ACCEL-PPP (an implementation of PPTP/PPPoE/L2TP/SSTP), there is a buffer overflow when receiving an l2tp control packet ith an AVP which type is a string and no hidden flags, length set to less than 6. If your application is used in open networks or there are untrusted nodes in the network it is highly recommended to apply the patch. The problem was patched with commit 2324bcd5ba12cf28f47357a8f03cd41b7c04c52b As a workaround changes of commit 2324bcd5ba12cf28f47357a8f03cd41b7c04c52b can be applied to older versions.