| Name | CVE-2005-2533 |
| Description | OpenVPN before 2.0.1, when running in "dev tap" Ethernet bridging mode, allows remote authenticated clients to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a flood of packets with a large number of spoofed MAC addresses. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-851-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 324167 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvpn (PTS) | bullseye | 2.5.1-3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.5.1-3+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.6.3-1+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.14-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openvpn | source | sarge | 2.0-1sarge1 | DSA-851-1 | ||
| openvpn | source | (unstable) | 2.0.2-1 | high | 324167 |