CVE-2008-3459

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44209

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2316

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020626

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30532

http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-04

Updated: 2017-08-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical