USN-7340-1: openvpn Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 11-03-2025Last modified 25-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-7340-1 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-2017-12166CVE-2024-5594

Timeline

  1. 11-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

openvpn vulnerabilities It was discovered that OpenVPN did not perform proper input validation when generating a TLS key under certain configuration, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-12166) 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

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • openvpn< 2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2+esm2 | < 2.3.10-1ubuntu2.2+esm2 | < 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.7+esm1

1 vendor · 1 product

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