| Name | CVE-2024-5594 |
| Description | OpenVPN before 2.6.11 does not santize PUSH_REPLY messages properly which an attacker controlling the server can use to inject unexpected arbitrary data ending up in client logs. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4079-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1074488 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openvpn (PTS) | bullseye | 2.5.1-3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.5.1-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.6.3-1+deb12u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.6.3-1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2.6.14-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 2.6.14-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/90e7a858e5594d9a019ad2b4ac6154124986291a (v2.6.11)
https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/d4921ba22f5ae4537d808986743a228617c86328 (v2.5.11)
Regression issue: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/issues/568
Regression fix: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/343573990135023d855d151fcd9248e5c26d9f8b (v2.6.12)
Regression fix: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/dddb87f126a6e87e61de830a9efe0bc257a71e2b (v2.5.11)