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CVE-2017-7508

Published: 21 June 2017

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to remote denial-of-service when receiving malformed IPv6 packet.

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
same as debian wheezy for precise-esm it's not affected

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
openvpn
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (2.4.0-5ubuntu2)
trusty
Released (2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2)
upstream
Released (2.4.3, 2.3.17)
xenial
Released (2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1)
yakkety
Released (2.3.11-1ubuntu2.1)
zesty
Released (2.4.0-4ubuntu1.3)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/c3f47077a7
upstream: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/ed28cde3d8
upstream: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/fc61d1bda1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H