{"id":"USN-6860-1","summary":"openvpn vulnerabilities","details":"Reynir Björnsson discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled terminating\nclient connections. A remote authenticated client could possibly use this\nissue to keep the connection active, bypassing certain security policies.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2024-28882)\n\nReynir Björnsson discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled certain\ncontrol channel messages with nonprintable characters. A remote attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause OpenVPN to consume resources, or\nfill up log files with garbage, leading to a denial of service.\n(CVE-2024-5594)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:44:20Z","published":"2024-07-02T13:44:50Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28882","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5594"],"upstream":["CVE-2024-28882","CVE-2024-5594","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28882","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5594"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6860-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5594"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-28882"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvpn@2.4.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.2?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.2"}]}],"versions":["2.4.7-1ubuntu2","2.4.7-1ubuntu2.20.04.2","2.4.7-1ubuntu2.20.04.3","2.4.7-1ubuntu2.20.04.4","2.4.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"openvpn","binary_version":"2.4.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2024-5594"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6860-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvpn@2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.3?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.3"}]}],"versions":["2.5.1-3ubuntu1","2.5.1-3ubuntu2","2.5.1-3ubuntu4","2.5.1-3ubuntu5","2.5.5-1ubuntu1","2.5.5-1ubuntu3","2.5.5-1ubuntu3.1","2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"openvpn","binary_version":"2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.3"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2024-5594"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6860-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openvpn@2.6.9-1ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.9-1ubuntu4.1"}]}],"versions":["2.6.5-0ubuntu1","2.6.7-1ubuntu1","2.6.9-1ubuntu2","2.6.9-1ubuntu3","2.6.9-1ubuntu4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"openvpn","binary_version":"2.6.9-1ubuntu4.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2024-5594"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2024-28882"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6860-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}