CVE-2018-7544

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7544
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-7544.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-7544
Related
Withdrawn
2018-03-16T14:57:01Z
Published
2018-03-16T15:29:00Z
Modified
2024-10-12T04:05:37.049004Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A cross-protocol scripting issue was discovered in the management interface in OpenVPN through 2.4.5. When this interface is enabled over TCP without a password, and when no other clients are connected to this interface, attackers can execute arbitrary management commands, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (SIGTERM) by triggering XMLHttpRequest actions in a web browser. This is demonstrated by a multipart/form-data POST to http://localhost:23000 with a "signal SIGTERM" command in a TEXTAREA element. NOTE: The vendor disputes that this is a vulnerability. They state that this is the result of improper configuration of the OpenVPN instance rather than an intrinsic vulnerability, and now more explicitly warn against such configurations in both the management-interface documentation, and with a runtime warning

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.1-3
2.5.5-1
2.5.6-1
2.6.0~git20220317+dco-1
2.6.0~git20220510+dco-1
2.6.0~git20220518+dco-1
2.6.0~git20220518+dco-2
2.6.0~git20220518+dco-3
2.6.0~git20220808-1
2.6.0~git20220811-1
2.6.0~git20220811-2
2.6.0~git20220818-1
2.6.0~git20221116-1
2.6.0~git20221201-1
2.6.0~git20221215+beta2-1
2.6.0~git20221222-1
2.6.0~rc1-1~bpo11+1
2.6.0~rc1-1
2.6.0~rc2-1
2.6.0-1~bpo11+1
2.6.0-1
2.6.1-1~exp1
2.6.1-1
2.6.2-1~exp1
2.6.2-1~exp2
2.6.3-1~bpo11+1
2.6.3-1
2.6.3-2
2.6.3-2.1
2.6.7-1
2.6.9-1
2.6.11-1
2.6.12-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.3-1
2.6.3-1+deb12u1~bpo11+1
2.6.3-1+deb12u1
2.6.3-1+deb12u2~bpo11+1
2.6.3-1+deb12u2
2.6.3-2
2.6.3-2.1
2.6.7-1
2.6.9-1
2.6.11-1
2.6.12-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openvpn?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.3-1
2.6.3-2
2.6.3-2.1
2.6.7-1
2.6.9-1
2.6.11-1
2.6.12-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

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

Affected versions

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_alpha2
v2.3_alpha3
v2.3_beta1
v2.4.0
v2.4.1
v2.4.2
v2.4.3
v2.4.4
v2.4.5
v2.4_alpha1
v2.4_alpha2
v2.4_beta1
v2.4_beta2
v2.4_rc1
v2.4_rc2