ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336

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    ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336

    Published: 1 May 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-9336

    Summary:

    Details: openvpnserv.exe (aka the interactive service helper) in OpenVPN 2.4.x before 2.4.6 allows a local attacker to cause a double-free of memory by sending a malformed request to the interactive service. This could cause a denial-of-service through memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact including privilege escalation.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-9336

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openvpn

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/openvpn?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.4.0
    Fixed -2.4.6-r0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High