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CVE-2017-7478

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Date: May 15, 2017

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.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7478
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7478
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAudits
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41993/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98444
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7478
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-7478

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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