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3 vulnerabilities found for openvpn3linux by openvpn
FKIE_CVE-2025-3908
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-19 15:15 - Updated: 2025-06-12 16:25
Severity ?
Summary
The configuration initialization tool in OpenVPN 3 Linux v20 through v24 on Linux allows a local attacker to use symlinks pointing at an arbitrary directory which will change the ownership and permissions of that destination directory.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvpn | openvpn3linux | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | - |
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CVE-2025-3908 (GCVE-0-2025-3908)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-19 14:59 – Updated: 2025-05-20 18:04
VLAI?
Summary
The configuration initialization tool in OpenVPN 3 Linux v20 through v24 on Linux allows a local attacker to use symlinks pointing at an arbitrary directory which will change the ownership and permissions of that destination directory.
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenVPN | OpenVPN 3 Linux |
Affected:
v20 , ≤ v24
(semver)
|
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CVE-2025-3908 (GCVE-0-2025-3908)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-05-19 14:59 – Updated: 2025-05-20 18:04
VLAI?
Summary
The configuration initialization tool in OpenVPN 3 Linux v20 through v24 on Linux allows a local attacker to use symlinks pointing at an arbitrary directory which will change the ownership and permissions of that destination directory.
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenVPN | OpenVPN 3 Linux |
Affected:
v20 , ≤ v24
(semver)
|
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