CVE-2017-7479

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7479
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7479.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-7479
Downstream
ALPINE (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
SUSE (3)
Published
2017-05-15T18:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-16T02:45:15Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

OpenVPN versions before 2.3.15 and before 2.4.2 are vulnerable to reachable assertion when packet-ID counter rolls over resulting into Denial of Service of server by authenticated attacker.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.3.14"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "openvpn:openvpn"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-alpha2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-alpha2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-alpha2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-alpha2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-beta1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-beta1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-beta1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-beta1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-beta2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-beta2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-beta2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-beta2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.4.1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "2.4.1"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "openvpn:openvpn"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/openvpn/openvpn

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/openvpn/openvpn
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
117dadc02d163a3e93c28ef7bd296c8dfa1f6156
Introduced
307abe7b32e951ece58c7964b3fa72536aee6724
Last Affected
bb9d4c91c95f245dea87735e4e05661e04931b33
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.3.14"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.4.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.4.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.4.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.4.1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.4.0
2.4.1
Other
contains
v2.*
v2.1.0
v2.1.1
v2.1.2
v2.1.3
v2.1_rc1
v2.1_rc10
v2.1_rc11
v2.1_rc12
v2.1_rc13
v2.1_rc14
v2.1_rc15
v2.1_rc16
v2.1_rc17
v2.1_rc18
v2.1_rc19
v2.1_rc2
v2.1_rc20
v2.1_rc21
v2.1_rc22
v2.1_rc3
v2.1_rc4
v2.1_rc5
v2.1_rc6
v2.1_rc7
v2.1_rc8
v2.1_rc9
v2.2-RC
v2.2-RC2
v2.2-beta4
v2.2-beta5
v2.3-alpha1
v2.3.0
v2.3.1
v2.3.10
v2.3.11
v2.3.12
v2.3.13
v2.3.14
v2.3.2
v2.3.3
v2.3.4
v2.3.5
v2.3.6
v2.3.7
v2.3.8
v2.3.9
v2.3_alpha2
v2.3_alpha3
v2.3_beta1
v2.3_rc1
v2.3_rc2
v2.4.0
v2.4.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7479.json"