CVE-2006-5873
N/A
Published: December 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxL2TPNS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://l2tpns.cvs.sourceforge.net/l2tpns/l2tpns/cluster.c?r1=1.53&r2=1.54Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23230Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23333x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=97282&release_id=468202Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1230VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21443VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4860VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30732Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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