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CVE-2005-2533

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-08-19 openvpn -- denial of service: malicious authenticated "tap" client can deplete server virtual memory

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-2533
Phase Assigned(20050810)

Description

OpenVPN before 2.0.1, when running in "dev tap" Ethernet bridging mode, allows remote authenticated clients to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a flood of packets with a large number of spoofed MAC addresses.

References

Source Reference
DEBIAN DSA-851
MANDRIVA MDKSA-2005:145
CONFIRM http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
SECUNIA 16463
SECUNIA 17103