Name: CVE-2017-7508: Reachable Assertion
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-7508, CWE-617, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00367

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Amazon_linux	—	Upgrade openvpn	Jun 29, 2017	May 19, 2017
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Jun 27, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade openvpn	Jun 29, 2017	May 19, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade openvpnUpgrade openvpn-mbedtlsUpgrade openvpn-polarssl	Jun 22, 2017	Jun 21, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade openvpn-openssl1-down-root-pluginUpgrade openvpn-openssl1Upgrade openvpn-auth-pam-pluginUpgrade openvpn	Jun 22, 2017	May 19, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade openvpn	Jun 23, 2017	May 19, 2017

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CVSS Details

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