CVE-2005-2533

NameCVE-2005-2533
DescriptionOpenVPN 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-851-1
Debian Bugs324167

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openvpn (PTS)bullseye2.5.1-3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2.6.3-1+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2.6.12-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openvpnsourcesarge2.0-1sarge1DSA-851-1
openvpnsource(unstable)2.0.2-1high324167
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