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CVE-2017-7478

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/05/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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