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FreeBSD : MPD5 PPPoE Server remotely exploitable crash (f55921aa-10c9-11ec-8647-00e0670f2660)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153181

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Version 5.9_2 contains security fix for PPPoE servers. Insufficient validation of incoming PPPoE Discovery request specially crafted by unauthenticated user might lead to unexpected termination of the process. The problem affects mpd versions since 5.0. Installations not using PPPoE server configuration were not affected.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://mpd.sourceforge.net/doc5/mpd4.html#4

http://www.nessus.org/u?0784468b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153181

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f55921aa10c911ec864700e0670f2660.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 9/9/2021

Updated: 10/1/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mpd5, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021