Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201412-41
🗓️ 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Eero VolotinenType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 67 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenVPN -- denial of service security vulnerability | 1 Dec 201400:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package openvpn version 2.3.6-alt1 | 15 Jan 201500:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Medium: openvpn | 10 Dec 201400:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : openvpn (ALAS-2014-459) | 15 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-98-1 : openvpn security update | 26 Mar 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3084-1 : openvpn - security update | 3 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 21 : openvpn-2.3.6-1.fc21 (2014-16060) | 15 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 19 : openvpn-2.3.6-1.fc19 / pkcs11-helper-1.11-3.fc19 (2014-16234) | 15 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 20 : openvpn-2.3.6-1.fc20 / pkcs11-helper-1.11-3.fc20 (2014-16273) | 15 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : OpenVPN -- denial of service security vulnerability (23ab5c3e-79c3-11e4-8b1e-d050992ecde8) | 2 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security | www.security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-41 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Eero Volotinen
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.121327");
script_version("2026-04-24T15:56:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-29 11:28:22 +0300 (Tue, 29 Sep 2015)");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 15:56:23 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201412-41");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"OpenVPN does not properly handle control channel packets that are too small.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages to the latest available version.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-41");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8104");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201412-41");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if((res=ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-misc/openvpn", unaffected: make_list("ge 2.3.6"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 2.3.6"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5Medium risk
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CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.03478