CVE-2017-5868

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5868
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-26 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-06-06 14:10:00 UTC
DescriptionCRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface in OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and consequently conduct session fixation attacks and possibly HTTP response splitting attacks via "%0A" characters in the PATH_INFO to __session_start__/.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-93

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.1.4 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.1.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenVPN Access Server Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Conduct Session Fixation Attacks to Hijack a Target User's Session - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - [CVE-2017-5868] OpenVPN Access Server : CRLF injection with Session fixation MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[CVE-2017-5868] OpenVPN Access Server : CRLF injection with Session fixation - Sysdream MISC sysdream.com Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
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