GCVE-VVD-MAGEIA-2017-372 — Vulnetix

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GCVE-VVD-MAGEIA-2017-372

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published October 18, 2017

The bounds check in read_key() was performed after using the value, instead of before. If 'key-method 1' is used, this allowed an attacker to send a malformed packet to trigger a stack buffer overflow. Note that 'key-method 1' has been replaced by 'key method 2' as the default in OpenVPN 2.0 (CVE-2017-12166).

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Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Mageia	openvpn	0 (affected), 2.4.4-1.mga6 (unaffected)	—
Mageia	openvpn	0 (affected), 2.3.18-1.mga5 (unaffected)	—

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