CVE-2005-3409

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.51% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17447	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480	third party advisory
http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-07.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15270	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415487	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17452	third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/20416	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-885	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17376	patch vendor advisory third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3409?: CVE-2005-3409 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3409?: To fix CVE-2005-3409, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3409 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3409 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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