cve-2017-7478
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-15 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:04
Severity ?
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98444
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473
secalert@redhat.comhttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAuditsVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41993/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98444
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAuditsVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41993/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc openvpn Version: 2.3.12 and newer
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