OpenVPN CVE-2017-7478 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	98444
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2017-7478
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 11 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 04 2017 08:05AM
Credit:	Quarkslab (funded by OSTIF) and Cryptography Engineering LCC
Vulnerable:	SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.4.1 OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.4 OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.3.14 OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.3.13 OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.3.12
Not Vulnerable:	OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.4.2 OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.3.15

OpenVPN CVE-2017-7478 Denial of Service Vulnerability

OpenVPN is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service condition.

OpenVPN CVE-2017-7478 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

OpenVPN CVE-2017-7478 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

OpenVPN CVE-2017-7478 Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• OpenVPN Homepage (OpenVPN)
  
• Quarkslab findings (OpenVPN)
  
• Bug 1038709 - (CVE-2017-7478) VUL-0: CVE-2017-7478: openvpn: Authenticated user (novell)