CVE-2005-3409 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenVPN 2.x versions prior to 2.0.4 when operating in TCP mode. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a segmentation fault by forcing an error in the accept function, leading to a null dereference in an exception handler. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring low attack complexity and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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