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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-46849: Divide By Zero

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 11, 2023
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

Using the --fragment option in certain configuration setups OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 allows an attacker to trigger a divide by zero behaviour which could cause an application crash, leading to a denial of service.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-openvpn
Title
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