CVE-2005-2532 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2005-2532

OpenVPN before 2.0.1 does not properly flush the OpenSSL error...

Vulnerability Description

OpenVPN before 2.0.1 does not properly flush the OpenSSL error queue when a packet can not be decrypted by the server, which allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (client disconnection) via a large number of packets that can not be decrypted.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openvpn
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 2.0.1_rc1, 2.0.1_rc2, 2.0.1_rc3, 2.0.1_rc4, 2.0.1_rc5, 2.0.1_rc6, 2.0.1_rc7, 2.0_beta1, 2.0_beta2, 2.0_beta3, 2.0_beta4, 2.0_beta5, 2.0_beta6, 2.0_beta7, 2.0_beta8, 2.0_beta9, 2.0_beta10, 2.0_beta11, 2.0_beta12, 2.0_beta13, 2.0_beta15, 2.0_beta16, 2.0_beta17, 2.0_beta18, 2.0_beta19, 2.0_beta20, 2.0_beta28, 2.0_rc1, 2.0_rc2, 2.0_rc3, 2.0_rc4, 2.0_rc5, 2.0_rc6, 2.0_rc7, 2.0_rc8, 2.0_rc9, 2.0_rc10, 2.0_rc11, 2.0_rc12, 2.0_rc13, 2.0_rc14, 2.0_rc15, 2.0_rc16, 2.0_rc17, 2.0_rc18, 2.0_rc19, 2.0_rc20, 2.0_rc21, 2.0_test1, 2.0_test2, 2.0_test3, 2.0_test5, 2.0_test6, 2.0_test7, 2.0_test8, 2.0_test9, 2.0_test10, 2.0_test11, 2.0_test12, 2.0_test14, 2.0_test15, 2.0_test16, 2.0_test17, 2.0_test18, 2.0_test19, 2.0_test20, 2.0_test21, 2.0_test22, 2.0_test23, 2.0_test24, 2.0_test26, 2.0_test27, 2.0_test29

Timeline

Official Publish: August 24th, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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