DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3908

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-3908
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3908.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3908
Upstream
Published
2025-05-19T15:15:23Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:05:49Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The configuration initialization tool in OpenVPN 3 Linux v20 through v24 on Linux allows a local attacker to use symlinks pointing at an arbitrary directory which will change the ownership and permissions of that destination directory.

References

Affected packages

Debian:13 / openvpn3-client

Package

Name
openvpn3-client
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn3-client?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
24.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3908.json"

Debian:14 / openvpn3-client

Package

Name
openvpn3-client
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn3-client?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
24.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3908.json"