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CVE-2005-3409

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2005-11-01	openvpn -- potential denial-of-service on servers in TCP mode

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CVE-2005-3409 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2005-3409
Phase	Assigned(20051101)

Description

OpenVPN 2.x before 2.0.4, when running in TCP mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by forcing the accept function call to return an error status, which leads to a null dereference in an exception handler.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
DEBIAN	DSA-885
GENTOO	GLSA-200511-07
OPENPKG	OpenPKG-SA-2005.023
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2005:025
BID	15270
OSVDB	20416
SECUNIA	17376
SECUNIA	17447
SECUNIA	17452
SECUNIA	17480