According to its self-reported version number, the version of OpenVPN installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2.3.15 or 2.4.x prior to 2.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to the unchecked rolling over of its packet-ID counter. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, by sending a large number of packets, to cause the application to stop responding.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(125257);
script_version("1.4");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/30 13:24:47");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-7479");
script_name(english:"OpenVPN < 2.3.15 / 2.4.x < 2.4.2 Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the version of OpenVPN.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"An application on the remote Windows host is affected by a denial
of service vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the version of OpenVPN installed on the remote Windows host is prior to
2.3.15 or 2.4.x prior to 2.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to the unchecked
rolling over of its packet-ID counter. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, by sending a large
number of packets, to cause the application to stop responding.");
# https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAudits
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5c722f7c");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to OpenVPN 2.3.15 / 2.4.2 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7479");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/05/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/05/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/05/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:openvpn:openvpn");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("openvpn_server_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/OpenVPN Server");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'OpenVPN Server');
constraints = [
{'fixed_version': '2.3.15'},
{'min_version': '2.4.0', 'fixed_version':'2.4.2'}
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);