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CVE-2024-13454 (GCVE-0-2024-13454)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-20 21:07 – Updated: 2025-01-21 20:01
VLAI
Summary
Weak encryption algorithm in Easy-RSA version 3.0.5 through 3.1.7 allows a local attacker to more easily bruteforce the private CA key when created using OpenSSL 3
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-21 19:58 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-326 - Inadequate Encryption Strength
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OpenVPN Easy-RSA Affected: 3.0.5 , ≤ 3.1.7 (semver)
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