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CVE-2018-9336

Published: May 1, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-415
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 54.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

openvpnserv.exe (aka the interactive service helper) in OpenVPN 2.4.x before 2.4.6 allows a local attacker to cause a double-free of memory by sending a malformed request to the interactive service. This could cause a denial-of-service through memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact including privilege escalation.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-415

Affected Products

openvpn
oss-project·USaka openvpn access server, connect
openvpnOn-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure
slackware
oss-project·USaka slackware linux
slackware linuxOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.568761
slackware.com
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn24
community.openvpn.net
https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/1394192b210cb3c6624a7419bcf3ff966742e79b
github.com
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