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CVE-2017-5868

N/A
Published: May 25, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenvpn Access Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface in OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and consequently conduct session fixation attacks and possibly HTTP response splitting attacks via "%0A" characters in the PATH_INFO to __session_start__/.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/23/13
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038547
x_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-05-05-cve-2017-5868-openvpn-access-server-crlf-injection-with-session-fixation/

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-93

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