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CVE-2008-3459

Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote serv

Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted (1) lladdr and (2) iproute configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters.

HIGH · CVSS 7.6 EPSS 0.00591
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
openvpnall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.6
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD04 Aug 2008 · 07:41 PM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30532
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020626
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2316Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44209
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