DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7478

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7478
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7478.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7478
Upstream
Published
2017-05-15T18:29:00.293Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:52.033225Z
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7478.json"

Debian:12 / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7478.json"

Debian:13 / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7478.json"

Debian:14 / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7478.json"