CVE-2008-3459 describes an unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN versions 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8 on non-Windows systems. This flaw allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands through crafted lladdr and iproute configuration directives, likely due to shell metacharacters. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it has a high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not currently a prevalent threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:beta-14:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:beta-15:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:beta-16:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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