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OpenVPN Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is running OpenVPN Client, which is prone to remote code execution vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Application fails to properly validate the specially crafted input passed to lladdr/iproute configuration directives.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Non-Windows OpenVPN client OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 to OpenVPN 2.1-rc8

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to higher version of Non-Windows OpenVPN client OpenVPN 2.1-rc9.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)