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CVE-2005-2533
OpenVPN before 2.0.1, when running in "dev tap" Ethernet bridging mode, allows remote authenticated clients to cause a denial of service…
Low2.1EPSS 0.68%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.68% · top 47% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 17103 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://openvpn.net/changelog.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:145 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-851 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 16463 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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