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CVE-2005-2533

OpenVPN before 2.0.1, when running in "dev tap" Ethernet bridging mode, allows remote authenticated clients to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a flood of packets with a large number of spoofed MAC addresses.

Published

2005-08-24T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0.1_rc1 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0.1_rc2 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0.1_rc3 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0.1_rc4 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0.1_rc5 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0.1_rc6 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0.1_rc7 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta1 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta2 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta3 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta4 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta5 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta6 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta7 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta8 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta9 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta10 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta11 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta12 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta13 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta15 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta16 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta17 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta18 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta19 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta20 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_beta28 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc1 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc2 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc3 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc4 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc5 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc6 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc7 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc8 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc9 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc10 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc11 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc12 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc13 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc14 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc15 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc16 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc17 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc18 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc19 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc20 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_rc21 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test1 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test2 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test3 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test5 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test6 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test7 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test8 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test9 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test10 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test11 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test12 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test14 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test15 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test16 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test17 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test18 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test19 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test20 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test21 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test22 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test23 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test24 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test26 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test27 Yes
Application openvpn openvpn 2.0_test29 Yes
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