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CVE-2008-3459

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2008-08-07 openvpn-devel -- arbitrary code execution

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2008-3459
Phase Assigned(20080804)

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted (1) lladdr and (2) iproute configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html
BID 30532
VUPEN ADV-2008-2316
SECTRACK 1020626
XF openvpn-lladdr-iproute-code-execution(44209)