Unverified Ownership of Resource Affecting openvpn package, versions [,2.5.10) [2.6.0,2.6.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENVPN-7689943
  • published 16 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 8 Jul 2024
  • credit Vladimir Tokarev

How to fix?

Upgrade openvpn to version 2.5.10, 2.6.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unverified Ownership of Resource due to the ability to load plug-ins from any directory. An attacker can manipulate the OpenVPN service by loading an arbitrary plug-in.

Note:

When chained with CVE-2024-27459, it could result in remote code execution.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
8.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None