CVE-2017-7478 (GCVE-0-2017-7478)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-15 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:04
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc openvpn Version: 2.3.12 and newer
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