CVE-2024-28882

Publication date 25 June 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

OpenVPN from 2.6.0 through 2.6.10 in a server role accepts multiple exit notifications from authenticated clients which will extend the validity of a closing session

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openvpn	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.6.9-1ubuntu4.1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 2.6.5-0ubuntu1.2
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

likely introduced in: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commit/d468dff7bdfd79059818c190ddf41b125bb658de

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
openvpn	Upstream: 65fb67c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L