Format string vulnerability in the foreign_option function in options.c for OpenVPN 2.0.x allows remote clients to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a push of the dhcp-option command option.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-885-1 New OpenVPN packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3392 Format string vulnerability in the foreign_option function in options.c for OpenVPN 2.0.x allows remote clients to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a push of the dhcp-option command option.
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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.0165}

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{'score': 0.0162}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:10:08.617Z

Reserved: 2005-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3393

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-11-01T12:47:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-3393

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