Information disclosure in OpenVPN for Windows - CVE-2013-2061
Published: November 18, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33315
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2061
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenVPN
Affected software:
OpenVPN for Windows
OpenVPN for Windows
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2061
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105568.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105609.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00016.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:167
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/06/6
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468756
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960192
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncement-f375aa67cc
- https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/11d21349a4e7e38a025849479b36ace7c2eec2ee