CVE-2025-3908

medium

Description

The configuration initialization tool in OpenVPN 3 Linux v20 through v24 on Linux allows a local attacker to use symlinks pointing at an arbitrary directory which will change the ownership and permissions of that destination directory.

References

https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2025-3908

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/20/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-05-19

Updated: 2025-05-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.2

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