CVE-2017-7478

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    CVE-2017-7478

    Published: 15 May 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98444, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41993/, https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAudits

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8990b218fa9db71714ac42b0095c594e19861320
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.3.12
    2.3.13
    2.3.14

    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