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Ubuntu: USN-3284-1 (CVE-2017-7478): OpenVPN vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3284-1 (CVE-2017-7478): OpenVPN vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/11/2017
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-openvpn

References

  • USN-3284-1
  • USN-3339-1
  • 98444
  • 1038473
  • CVE-2017-7478

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