CVE-2017-7479

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Published 2017-05-15 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
6.5

Description

OpenVPN versions before 2.3.15 and before 2.4.2 are vulnerable to reachable assertion when packet-ID counter rolls over resulting into Denial of Service of server by authenticated attacker.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7479

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAudits

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201705-16

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.4.2-1
debian debianbookwormfixed2.4.0-5
debian debianbullseyefixed2.4.0-5
debian debianforkyfixed2.4.0-5
debian debiansidfixed2.4.0-5
debian debiantrixiefixed2.4.0-5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openvpnopenvpn{"endIncluding":"2.3.14"}
openvpnopenvpn2.4.0
openvpnopenvpn2.4.1

References

CWEs

CWE-617

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.