USN-2430-1

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    USN-2430-1

    Published: 2 Dec 2014Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: openvpn vulnerability

    Details: Dragana Damjanovic discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled certain control channel packets. An authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause an OpenVPN server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2430-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8104

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openvpn

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.2-7ubuntu3.1

    Affected versions

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

    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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