CVE-2017-7479 (GCVE-0-2017-7479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-15 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:04
VLAI
Summary
OpenVPN versions before 2.3.15 and before 2.4.2 are vulnerable to reachable assertion when packet-ID counter rolls over resulting into Denial of Service of server by authenticated attacker.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Quarks… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3900 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98443 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc openvpn Affected: < 2.3.15
Affected: < 2.4.2
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Date Public
2017-05-11 00:00
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