Description
OpenVPN 2.x before 2.0.4, when running in TCP mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by forcing the accept function call to return an error status, which leads to a null dereference in an exception handler.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17376Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17447
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17452
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-885
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-07.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/20416
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415487
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15270
- http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17376Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17447
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17452
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-885
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-07.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/20416
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415487
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15270
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 2, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified