GSD-2017-7478

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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.
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CVE-2017-7478
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      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7478.html",
      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2017-7478.html",
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