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TI-2002-00847 Aliases CVE-2002-0873GHSA-6hfv-gvx3-3h9v

Vulnerability in l2tpd 0.67 allows remote attackers to overwrite the vendor field via a…

Priority LOW 25Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Vulnerability in l2tpd 0.67 allows remote attackers to overwrite the vendor field via a long value in an attribute/value pair, possibly via a buffer overflow.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01281 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.62VulnerableL2tpd
cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.63VulnerableL2tpd
cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.64VulnerableL2tpd
cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.65VulnerableL2tpd
cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.66VulnerableL2tpd
cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.67VulnerableL2tpd
  • cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.62 Vulnerable ·L2tpd
  • cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.63 Vulnerable ·L2tpd
  • cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.64 Vulnerable ·L2tpd
  • cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.65 Vulnerable ·L2tpd
  • cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.66 Vulnerable ·L2tpd
  • cpe:2.3:a:l2tpd:l2tpd:0.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.67 Vulnerable ·L2tpd

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0873
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6hfv-gvx3-3h9v

References

  • TI-2004-00590 Buffer overflow in write_packet in control.c for l2tpd may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2002-00846 l2tpd 0.67 does not initialize the random number generator, which allows remote attackers to hijack sessions. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources