CVE detail
CVE-2014-8104
OpenVPN 2.x before 2.0.11, 2.1.x, 2.2.x before 2.2.3, and 2.3.x before 2.3.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a small control channel packet.
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Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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The developers of OpenVPN have released a new version of the open-source virtual private network software to address a critical denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that can be exploited to cause servers to crash.
newswww.securityweek.comDec 2, 2014, 3:30 PM- VPN providers urged to update OpenVPN due to critical DoS bugHelp Net Security
The OpenVPN Project has issued a new version of its popular open source software of the same name and is urging users to implement it, as it solves a critical denial of service security vulnerability (CVE-2014-8104). “The vulnerability allows a tls-authenticated client to crash the server by sending a too-short control channel packet to the server,” it is explained in a security advisory. The developers are not aware of this bug having been exploited in … More →
newswww.helpnetsecurity.comDec 2, 2014, 7:49 AM
Exploit code
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