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CVE-2017-7479

Debian Security Advisory 3900-1

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

OpenVPN versions before 2.3.15 and before 2.4.2 are vulnerable to reachable assertion when packet-ID counter rolls over resulting into Denial of Service of server by authenticated attacker.

OpenVPN versiones anteriores a 2.3.15 y anteriores a 2.4.2, son vulnerables a una aserciĆ³n alcanzable cuando el contador del identificador de paquete se devuelve como resultado de una denegaciĆ³n de servicio del servidor por parte de un atacante autenticado.

Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that 64-bit block ciphers are vulnerable to a birthday attack. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover cleartext data. Fixing this issue requires a configuration change to switch to a different cipher. This update adds a warning to the log file when a 64-bit block cipher is in use. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. It was discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled rollover of packet ids. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenVPN to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2017-04-05 CVE Reserved
  • 2017-05-11 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-617: Reachable Assertion
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Openvpn
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Openvpn
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<= 2.3.14
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Openvpn
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Openvpn
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2.4.0
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Openvpn
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Openvpn
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2.4.0
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alpha2
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Openvpn
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Openvpn
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2.4.0
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beta1
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Openvpn
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Openvpn
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2.4.0
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beta2
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Openvpn
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Openvpn
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2.4.0
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rc1
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Openvpn
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Openvpn
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2.4.0
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rc2
Affected
Openvpn
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Openvpn
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2.4.1
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Affected