Reachable Assertion Affecting openvpn-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.4.3-1.19.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-OPENVPNDEBUGINFO-1706483
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed27 Jun 2017

Introduced: 27 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-7508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 openvpn-debuginfo to version 0:2.4.3-1.19.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-852.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openvpn-debuginfo package and not the openvpn-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to remote denial-of-service when receiving malformed IPv6 packet.