UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7508

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7508
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7508.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7508
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Published
2017-06-21T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:21:35.918974Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to remote denial-of-service when receiving malformed IPv6 packet.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvpn@2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.2-4ubuntu1
2.3.2-5ubuntu1
2.3.2-7ubuntu1
2.3.2-7ubuntu2
2.3.2-7ubuntu3
2.3.2-7ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "openvpn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "openvpn-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / openvpn

Package

Name
openvpn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvpn@2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.7-1ubuntu1
2.3.7-2ubuntu1
2.3.8-1ubuntu1
2.3.10-1ubuntu1
2.3.10-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "openvpn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "openvpn-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}