CVE-2005-2533
N/A
Published: August 24, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenVPN
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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.02.0.1_rc12.0.1_rc22.0.1_rc32.0.1_rc42.0.1_rc52.0.1_rc62.0.1_rc72.0_beta12.0_beta102.0_beta112.0_beta122.0_beta132.0_beta152.0_beta162.0_beta172.0_beta182.0_beta192.0_beta22.0_beta202.0_beta282.0_beta32.0_beta42.0_beta52.0_beta62.0_beta72.0_beta82.0_beta92.0_rc12.0_rc102.0_rc112.0_rc122.0_rc132.0_rc142.0_rc152.0_rc162.0_rc172.0_rc182.0_rc192.0_rc22.0_rc202.0_rc212.0_rc32.0_rc42.0_rc52.0_rc62.0_rc72.0_rc82.0_rc92.0_test12.0_test102.0_test112.0_test122.0_test142.0_test152.0_test162.0_test172.0_test182.0_test192.0_test22.0_test202.0_test212.0_test222.0_test232.0_test242.0_test262.0_test272.0_test292.0_test32.0_test52.0_test62.0_test72.0_test82.0_test9
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-851Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:145Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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