CVE-2017-7479
openvpn - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
Description
OpenVPN versions before 2.3.15 and before 2.4.2 are vulnerable to reachable assertion when packet-ID counter rolls over resulting into Denial of Service of server by authenticated attacker.
How to fix CVE-2017-7479
To remediate CVE-2017-7479, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/openvpn—upgrade to 2.3.15-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.4.0-5 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.1-8+deb7u4 or later
Is CVE-2017-7479 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.3.15-r0
- from 0, < 2.4.0-5
- from 0, < 2.2.1-8+deb7u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |