fkie_cve-2017-12166
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-10-04 01:29
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
openvpn openvpn *
openvpn openvpn *
debian debian_linux 9.0


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