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CVE-2008-3459
Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute…
High7.6EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted (1) lladdr and (2) iproute configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% 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: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openvpn-lladdr-iproute-code-execution(44209) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30532 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1020626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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