DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2533

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2533

    Published: 24 Aug 2005Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-2533

    Summary:

    Details: OpenVPN before 2.0.1, when running in "dev tap" Ethernet bridging mode, allows remote authenticated clients to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a flood of packets with a large number of spoofed MAC addresses.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2533

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openvpn

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/openvpn?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.2-1

    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