CVE-2005-3393

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3393
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-01 12:47:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the foreign_option function in options.c for OpenVPN 2.0.x allows remote clients to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a push of the dhcp-option command option.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta11 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for openvpn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for openvpn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
OpenVPN Client Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - OpenVPN Format String and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
'OpenVPN[v2.0.x]: foreign_option() formart string vulnerability.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-885-1 openvpn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
OpenVPN 2.0.x Change Log af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openvpn.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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