CVE-2017-7522

NameCVE-2017-7522
DescriptionOpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service by authenticated remote attacker via sending a certificate with an embedded NULL character.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

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
openvpnsourcewheezy(not affected)
openvpnsourcejessie(not affected)
openvpnsource(unstable)2.4.3-1unimportant

Notes

[jessie] - openvpn <not-affected> (x509-track implemented in 2.4.0)
[wheezy] - openvpn <not-affected> (x509-track implemented in 2.4.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/426392940c
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/VulnerabilitiesFixedInOpenVPN243
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/21/6
In Debian openvpn is compiled against OpenSSL, thus even affected
code present.

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