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CVE-2005-2534

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-08-19 openvpn -- multiple TCP clients connecting with the same certificate at the same time can crash the server

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-2534
Phase Assigned(20050810)

Description

Race condition in OpenVPN before 2.0.1, when --duplicate-cn is not enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via simultaneous TCP connections from multiple clients that use the same client certificate.

References

Source Reference
DEBIAN DSA-851
MANDRIVA MDKSA-2005:145
CONFIRM http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
BID 14610
SECUNIA 16463
SECUNIA 17103