Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5868
CVE-2017-5868
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface in OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and consequently conduct session fixation attacks and possibly HTTP response splitting attacks via "%0A" characters in the PATH_INFO to __session_start__/.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_access_server:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_access_server:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.1.4
Patches
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References
3- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/23/13nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-05-05-cve-2017-5868-openvpn-access-server-crlf-injection-with-session-fixation/nvdExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038547nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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