CVE-2017-7508

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-7508  

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to remote denial-of-service when receiving malformed IPv6 packet.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to remote denial-of-service when receiving malformed IPv6 packet.

Find out more about CVE-2017-7508 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as OpenVPN is not included in any of Red Hat's supported products.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the OpenVPN project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Guido Vranken as the original reporter.

External References