{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "text": "Critical" }, "category": "csaf_vex", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "TuxCare License Agreement", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Cloud Linux Inc. and provide a link to the original.", "title": "Terms of Use" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "https://tuxcare.com/contact/", "name": "TuxCare", "namespace": "https://tuxcare.com/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/debian10els/vex/2024/cve-2024-27903-els_os-debian10els.json" } ], "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-06-12T23:22:11Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-06-12T23:22:11Z", "engine": { "name": "pyCSAF" } }, "id": "CVE-2024-27903-ELS_OS-DEBIAN10ELS", "initial_release_date": "2024-07-08T11:15:00Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2024-07-08T11:15:00Z", "number": "1", "summary": "Initial version" }, { "date": "2025-11-29T10:50:24Z", "number": "2", "summary": "Official Publication" }, { "date": "2025-12-23T22:15:38Z", "number": "3", "summary": "Update document" }, { "date": "2026-06-12T23:22:11Z", "number": "4", "summary": "Update document" } ], "status": "final", "version": "4" }, "title": "Security update on CVE-2024-27903" }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_name", "name": "Debian 10", "product": { "name": "Debian 10", "product_id": "Debian-10", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" } } } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "Debian" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Software in the Public Interest, Inc." }, { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "product": { "name": "openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "product_id": "openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:deb/tuxcare/openvpn@2.4.7-1%2Bdeb10u1%2Btuxcare.els1?arch=amd64" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "amd64" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "TuxCare" } ], "relationships": [ { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64 as a component of Debian 10", "product_id": "Debian-10:openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64" }, "product_reference": "openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "relates_to_product_reference": "Debian-10" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2024-27903", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-283", "name": "Unverified Ownership" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" }, { "category": "other", "text": "TuxCare has assessed that this vulnerability does not impact any currently supported TuxCare products. This evaluation may change as new information becomes available. For additional details regarding this vulnerability and affected products, refer to the provided references.", "title": "Statement" } ], "product_status": { "known_not_affected": [ "Debian-10:openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/cve/CVE-2024-27903" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903", "url": "https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/", "url": "https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html", "url": "https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html" } ], "release_date": "2024-07-08T11:15:00Z", "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "Debian-10:openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Critical" }, { "category": "impact", "date": "2026-06-12T13:03:44.326816Z", "details": "Not affected: CVE-2024-27903 is a Windows-only flaw in OpenVPN’s plug-in loading that depends on the OpenVPN interactive service (openvpnserv) and a Windows-specific plug-in search path. This environment uses the Linux openvpn package (2.4.7) on servers/VMs, which does not include the Windows interactive service or its plug-in path logic, so the vulnerable code path is absent.", "product_ids": [ "Debian-10:openvpn-0:2.4.7-1+deb10u1+tuxcare.els1.amd64" ] } ] } ] }