CVE-2005-2533

Low

Description

OpenVPN before 2.0.1, when running in "dev tap" Ethernet bridging mode, allows remote authenticated clients to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a flood of packets with a large number of spoofed MAC addresses.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenvpn
PublishedAug 24, 2005
First seenAug 24, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openvpn openvpn2.0, 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—

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