High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7478
CVE-2017-7478
Description
OpenVPN version 2.3.12 and newer is vulnerable to unauthenticated Denial of Service of server via received large control packet. Note that this issue is fixed in 2.3.15 and 2.4.2.
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Affected products
21cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.3.12 and newer
- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn-openssl1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011-SECURITY
< 2.3.8-16.14.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.2-0.9.1
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