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CVE-2005-3393

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-11-01 openvpn -- arbitrary code execution on client through malicious or compromised server

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-3393
Phase Assigned(20051101)

Description

Format string vulnerability in the foreign_option function in options.c for OpenVPN 2.0.x allows remote clients to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a push of the dhcp-option command option.

References

Source Reference
BUGTRAQ 20051031 OpenVPN[v2.0.x]: foreign_option() formart string vulnerability.
CONFIRM http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
DEBIAN DSA-885
GENTOO GLSA-200511-07
OPENPKG OpenPKG-SA-2005.023
SUSE SUSE-SR:2005:025
BID 15239
VUPEN ADV-2005-2255
SECUNIA 17376
SECUNIA 17447
SECUNIA 17452
SECUNIA 17480