OpenVPN up to 2.6.9 Service Pipe communication channel to intended endpoints

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in OpenVPN up to 2.6.9. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Service Pipe Handler. The manipulation leads to communication channel to intended endpoints. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-24974. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenVPN up to 2.6.9. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Service Pipe Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a communication channel to intended endpoints vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-923. The product establishes a communication channel to (or from) an endpoint for privileged or protected operations, but it does not properly ensure that it is communicating with the correct endpoint. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows the OpenVPN service pipe to be accessed remotely, which allows a remote attacker to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.

The advisory is shared at community.openvpn.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-24974 since 03/12/2024. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.6.10 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mail-archive.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Communication channel to intended endpoints
CWE: CWE-923
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenVPN 2.6.10

Timelineinfo

03/12/2024 🔍
07/08/2024 +117 days 🔍
07/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/06/2025 +241 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: community.openvpn.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-24974 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-24974
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270461

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2024 14:18
Updated: 03/06/2025 10:30
Changes: 07/08/2024 14:18 (52), 07/09/2024 06:37 (1), 07/12/2024 00:52 (11), 03/06/2025 10:27 (3), 03/06/2025 10:30 (4)
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Committer: lywand
Cache ID: 216::103

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