CVE-2005-2533 | BDVDB-2026-12288 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://secunia.com/advisories/17103
http://openvpn.net/changelog.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:145
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-851
http://secunia.com/advisories/16463

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12005-08-24Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.