VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5868
CRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface in OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and consequently conduct session fixation attacks and possibly HTTP response splitting attacks via "%0A" characters…
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 4.62%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface in OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and consequently conduct session fixation attacks and possibly HTTP response splitting attacks via "%0A" characters in the PATH_INFO to __session_start__/.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.62% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-93
- Affected
- openvpn/openvpn access server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/23/13Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038547Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-05-05-cve-2017-5868-openvpn-access-server-crlf-injection-with-session-fixation/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/23/13Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038547Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-05-05-cve-2017-5868-openvpn-access-server-crlf-injection-with-session-fixation/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.