UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7520

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7520

    Published: 21 Jun 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7520

    Summary:

    Details: OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service and/or possibly sensitive memory leak triggered by man-in-the-middle attacker.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7520, https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/VulnerabilitiesFixedInOpenVPN243, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/21/6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3339-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3339-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7520

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openvpn

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2

    Affected versions

    2.3.2-4ubuntu1
    2.3.2-5ubuntu1
    2.3.2-7ubuntu1
    2.3.2-7ubuntu2
    2.3.2-7ubuntu3
    2.3.2-7ubuntu3.1

    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
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