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Alpine: multiple mpd packages: security update to 0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405633

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - The L2TP implementation of MPD before 5.9 allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted L2TP
 control packet with AVP Q.931 Cause Code to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory
 corruption). (CVE-2020-7465)

 - The PPP implementation of MPD before 5.9 allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted PPP
 authentication message to cause the daemon to read beyond allocated memory buffer, which would result in a
 denial of service condition. (CVE-2020-7466)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-7465

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-7466

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 405633

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7465

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7465, CVE-2020-7466