CVE-2017-7478

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7478
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7478.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-7478
Downstream
ALPINE (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
SUSE (3)
Related
SUSE (3)
Published
2017-05-15T18:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-24T10:30:51Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.3.12"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.3.12"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.3.13"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.3.13"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.3.14"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.3.14"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-alpha2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-alpha2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-alpha2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-alpha2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-beta1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-beta1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-beta1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-beta1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-beta2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-beta2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-beta2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-beta2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.4.1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "2.4.1"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product":  "openvpn:openvpn"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/openvpn/openvpn

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/openvpn/openvpn
Events
Introduced
8990b218fa9db71714ac42b0095c594e19861320
Last Affected
bb9d4c91c95f245dea87735e4e05661e04931b33
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "2.3.12"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.3.12"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "2.3.13"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.3.13"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "2.3.14"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.3.14"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "2.4.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.4.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "2.4.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.4.1"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.3.12
2.3.13
2.3.14
2.4.0
2.4.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7478.json"