CVE-2013-2061

Summary

CVECVE-2013-2061
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-18 02:55:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-12 14:21:00 UTC
DescriptionThe openvpn_decrypt function in crypto.c in OpenVPN 2.3.0 and earlier, when running in UDP mode, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a timing attack involving an HMAC comparison function that does not run in constant time and a padding oracle attack on the CBC mode cipher.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.2.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.2.1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.3.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.3.1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.3.2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.4.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.4.1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.4.2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.4.3 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.5.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.6.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.1.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.2.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.2.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.2.1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.3.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.3.1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.3.2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.4.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.4.1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.4.2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.4.3 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.5.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 1.6.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.1.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.2.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn All All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 960192 – CVE-2013-2061 openvpn: use of non-constant-time memcmp in HMAC comparison in openvpn_decrypt CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: openvpn-2.3.1-2.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
SecurityAnnouncement-f375aa67cc – OpenVPN Community CONFIRM community.openvpn.net
Use constant time memcmp when comparing HMACs in openvpn_decrypt. · 11d2134 · OpenVPN/openvpn · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch
openSUSE-SU-2013:1649-1: moderate: update for openvpn SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: openvpn-2.3.1-2.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: OpenVPN use of non-constant-time memcmp in HMAC comparison in openvpn_decrypt MLIST www.openwall.com
468756 – (CVE-2013-2061) <net-misc/openvpn-2.3.1: ciphertext injection vulnerability in UDP mode (CVE-2013-2061) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:1645-1: moderate: update for openvpn SUSE lists.opensuse.org Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:167 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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