CVE-2017-12166
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-10-03 19:00
Modified
2024-08-05 18:28
Severity ?
Summary
OpenVPN versions before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability when key-method 1 is used, possibly resulting in code execution.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039470Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
secalert@redhat.comhttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039470Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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