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CVE-2023-52557: OpenBSD 7.3 invalid l2tp message npppd crash

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-131

Description

In OpenBSD 7.3 before errata 016, npppd(8) could crash by a l2tp message which has an AVP (Attribute-Value Pair) with wrong length.

Affected products

• OpenBSD: before 7.3; 7.3, 7.3-errata_001, 7.3-errata_002, 7.3-errata_003, 7.3-errata_004, 7.3-errata_005 (+10) — fixed in 7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenBSD 7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.3/common/016_npppd.patch.sig
• https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/abf3a29384c582c807a621e7fc6e7c68d0cafe9b
• https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.3/common/016_npppd.patch.sig
• https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/abf3a29384c582c807a621e7fc6e7c68d0cafe9b

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