CVE-2005-2533

Publication date 24 August 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openvpn 7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.0.6-1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 2.0.6-1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.0.6-1