Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 4, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-3459
CVE-2008-3459
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.
Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:beta-14:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:beta-14:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:beta-15:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:beta-16:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.1:rc_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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