| Name | CVE-2017-12166 |
| Description | OpenVPN versions before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability when key-method 1 is used, possibly resulting in code execution. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2992-1, ELA-601-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 877089 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openvpn (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.3.4-5+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.4.0-6+deb9u4 | fixed |
| buster | 2.4.7-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.5.1-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2.6.3-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.12-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - openvpn <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - openvpn <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/28/2
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/changeset/3b1a61e9fb27213c46f76312f4065816bee8ed01/ (master)
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/changeset/c7e259160b28e94e4ea7f0ef767f8134283af255/ (release/2.4)
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/changeset/fce34375295151f548a26c2d0eb30141e427c81a/ (release/2.3)
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/changeset/a9f5c744d6b09f2495ca48d2c926efd3a4b981e6/ (release/2.2)