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GHSA-3WWJ-66CM-595V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:12 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:37

Details

OpenVPN version 2.3.12 and newer is vulnerable to unauthenticated Denial of Service of server via received large control packet. Note that this issue is fixed in 2.3.15 and 2.4.2.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2017-7478 (GCVE-0-2017-7478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-15 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:04

Summary

OpenVPN version 2.3.12 and newer is vulnerable to unauthenticated Denial of Service of server via received large control packet. Note that this issue is fixed in 2.3.15 and 2.4.2.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-617

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41993/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Quarks…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98444	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	OpenVPN Technologies, Inc	openvpn	Affected: 2.3.12 and newer

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3WWJ-66CM-595V

CVE-2017-7478 (GCVE-0-2017-7478)

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