SB20170613103 - Denial of service in openvpn (Alpine package)
Published: June 13, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB20170613103
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7479)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper user-input validation. A remote attacker can cause the packet-IDs on the target server to be consumed, trigger the server process to hit an ASSERT() and stop running.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability of results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.