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BDU:2025-09972 (CVE-2025-3908)

Vulnerability from fstec – Published: 2025-08-18 – Updated: 2025-08-18 – View on bdu.fstec.ru Fixed

Title

Уязвимость программного обеспечения для сетевого шифрования OpenVPN 3 Linux, связанная с неверным определением символических ссылок перед доступом к файлу, позволяющая нарушителю повысить свои привилегии и изменить права доступа к целевому каталогу

Summary

Уязвимость программного обеспечения для сетевого шифрования OpenVPN 3 Linux связана с неверным определением символических ссылок перед доступом к файлу. Эксплуатация уязвимости может позволить нарушителю повысить свои привилегии и изменить права доступа к целевому каталогу

Severity

4.9 (Medium) CVSS 2.0


                      
                        AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

6.2 (Medium) CVSS 3.1


                      
                        CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Class

Code vulnerability

Status

Confirmed by the vendor

Exploitation

Resource manipulation

Incidents

Being clarified

Remediation

Software update

CWE

CWE-59 - Неверное определение ссылки перед доступом к файлу

Aliases

CVE-2025-3908

References

3 references

URL
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/20/2
https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2025-3908
https://community.openvpn.net/Pages/OpenVPN3Linux

Impacted products

1 product from 2 vendors

Vendors

OpenVPN, Inc.

Products

OpenVPN 3 Linux

Versions

от 20 до 24 включительно (OpenVPN 3 Linux)

Product types

Security device, Security software

Mitigations

Использование рекомендаций: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/20/2

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  "\u0421\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/20/2\t\nhttps://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2025-3908\nhttps://community.openvpn.net/Pages/OpenVPN3Linux",
  "\u0421\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0441 \u0443\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438": "\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043c",
  "\u0422\u0438\u043f \u041f\u041e": "\u0421\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0442\u044b, \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0442\u044b",
  "\u0422\u0438\u043f \u043e\u0448\u0438\u0431\u043a\u0438 CWE": "CWE-59",
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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

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)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-19 15:36 UTC

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

OpenVPN mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announce…
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/20/2

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OpenVPN	OpenVPN 3 Linux	Affected: v20 , ≤ v24 (semver)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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