CVE-2020-11810
What it is
An issue was discovered in OpenVPN 2.4.x before 2.4.9. An attacker can inject a data channel v2 (P_DATA_V2) packet using a victim's peer-id. Normally such packets are dropped, but if this packet arrives before the data channel crypto parameters have been initialized, the victim's connection will be dropped. This requires careful timing due to the small time window (usually within a few seconds) between the victim client connection starting and the server PUSH_REPLY response back to the client. This attack will only work if Negotiable Cipher Parameters (NCP) is in use.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 3.7 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-362 · Race condition
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Openvpn < 2.4.9
- Debian Linux 8.0
- Debian Linux 9.0
- Debian Linux 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora 30
- Fedoraproject Fedora 32
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 3.7
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2020-11810.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2020-11810. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/1272
- https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/37bc691e7d26ea4eb61a8a434ebd7a9ae76225ab
- https://patchwork.openvpn.net/patch/1079/
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/1272
- https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/37bc691e7d26ea4eb61a8a434ebd7a9ae76225ab
- https://patchwork.openvpn.net/patch/1079/
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169925
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/1272
- https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/37bc691e7d26ea4eb61a8a434ebd7a9ae76225ab
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FGHHV4YZANZW45KZTJJGVGPFMSXYRCKZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JII7RYYYRBPQNEGGVSOXCM7JUZ43T3VH/
- https://patchwork.openvpn.net/patch/1079/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11810
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169925
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/1272
- https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/37bc691e7d26ea4eb61a8a434ebd7a9ae76225ab
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FGHHV4YZANZW45KZTJJGVGPFMSXYRCKZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JII7RYYYRBPQNEGGVSOXCM7JUZ43T3VH/
- https://patchwork.openvpn.net/patch/1079/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11810