Description
OpenVPN 2.x before 2.0.4, when running in TCP mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by forcing the accept function call to return an error status, which leads to a null dereference in an exception handler.
Published: 2005-11-02
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-885-1 New OpenVPN packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3408 OpenVPN 2.x before 2.0.4, when running in TCP mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by forcing the accept function call to return an error status, which leads to a null dereference in an exception handler.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:10:08.881Z

Reserved: 2005-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3409

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-02T00:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-3409

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