USN-6860-1: openvpn Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 02-07-2024Last modified 10-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-6860-1 is a vulnerability in openvpn Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2024-28882CVE-2024-5594

Timeline

  1. 02-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

openvpn vulnerabilities Reynir Björnsson discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled terminating client connections. A remote authenticated client could possibly use this issue to keep the connection active, bypassing certain security policies. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-28882) Reynir Björnsson discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled certain control channel messages with nonprintable characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenVPN to consume resources, or fill up log files with garbage, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-5594)

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • openvpn< 2.4.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | < 2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.3 | < 2.6.9-1ubuntu4.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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