CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-4234
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-07-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-406
Description
OpenVPN Access Server 2.10 and prior versions are susceptible to resending multiple packets in a response to a reset packet sent from the client which the client again does not respond to, resulting in a limited amplification attack.
Affected configurations
• openvpn openvpn access server (< 2.11.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-406 Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification) weakness
References
- https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/release-notes/#openvpn-access-server-2-11-0 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/release-notes/#openvpn-access-server-2-11-0 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory