CVE-2008-3459

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted (1) lladdr and (2) iproute configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters.

Affected products

OpenVPN: 2.1-beta-14, 2.1-beta-15, 2.1-beta-16, 2.1-rc_1, 2.1-rc_2, 2.1-rc_3 (+5)

References

http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30532
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020626
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2316
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44209
http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30532
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020626
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2316
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44209

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