CVE-2005-2534 describes a race condition in OpenVPN versions prior to 2.0.1. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the server through simultaneous TCP connections using the same client certificate, provided the --duplicate-cn option is not enabled. The CVSS score of 2.6 indicates a low severity, as it requires high attack complexity and only results in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.0.1_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1_rc2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.0.1_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1_rc3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.0.1_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1_rc4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.0.1_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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