FKIE_CVE-2005-3393

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-11-01 12:47 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:16
Severity
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the foreign_option function in options.c for OpenVPN 2.0.x allows remote clients to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a push of the dhcp-option command option.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113081023121059&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://openvpn.net/changelog.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17376Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17447
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17452
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17480
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-885
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-07.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415487
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15239Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2255
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113081023121059&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17376Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17447
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17452
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-885
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-07.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415487
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15239Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2255
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openvpn openvpn 2.0
openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta11
openvpn openvpn_access_server 2.0.1
openvpn openvpn_access_server 2.0.2
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