| Name | CVE-2008-3459 |
| Description | Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted (1) lladdr and (2) iproute configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 493488 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openvpn (PTS) | bullseye | 2.5.1-3 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.6.3-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.12-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openvpn | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| openvpn | source | (unstable) | 2.1~rc9-1 | low | | 493488 |
Notes
pull/push needs to be allowed, successful authentication, compromised or malicious server
[etch] - openvpn <not-affected> (Upstream states that the 2.0.x versions are unaffected)