CVE-2020-7466 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the PPP implementation of MPD before version 5.9, affecting MPD Project and Stormshield Network Security products. A remote attacker can trigger this by sending specially crafted PPP authentication messages, leading to a read beyond the allocated memory buffer. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mpd_project:mpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0.0, < 4.3.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stormshield:stormshield_network_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stormshield:stormshield_network_security:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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