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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2017-7478

Deferred

Source-secalert@redhat.com

Published At-15 May, 2017 | 18:29

Updated At-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary	2.0	5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 3.0

Base score: 7.5

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 5.0

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CPE Matches

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-617	Secondary	secalert@redhat.com
CWE-20	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-617

Type: Secondary

Source: secalert@redhat.com

CWE ID: CWE-20

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98444	secalert@redhat.com	N/A
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473	secalert@redhat.com	N/A
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAudits	secalert@redhat.com	Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41993/	secalert@redhat.com	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98444	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAudits	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41993/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A