CVE-2005-2532

medium

Description

OpenVPN before 2.0.1 does not properly flush the OpenSSL error queue when a packet can not be decrypted by the server, which allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (client disconnection) via a large number of packets that can not be decrypted.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14607

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:145

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-851

http://secunia.com/advisories/17103

http://secunia.com/advisories/16463

http://openvpn.net/changelog.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-24

Updated: 2008-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium