CVE-2024-38520
MEDIUMSoftEtherVPN <= 5.02.5183 - Unauthenticated Amplification Attack via L2TP
Title source: llmDescription
SoftEtherVPN is a an open-source cross-platform multi-protocol VPN Program. When SoftEtherVPN is deployed with L2TP enabled on a device, it introduces the possibility of the host being used for amplification/reflection traffic generation because it will respond to every packet with two response packets that are larger than the request packet size. These sorts of techniques are used by external actors who generate spoofed source IPs to target a destination on the internet. This vulnerability has been patched in version 5.02.5185.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN/security/advisories/GHSA-j35p-p8pj-vqxq
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN/commit/c2a7aa548137dc80c6aafdc645cf4dc34e0dc764
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN/releases/tag/5.02.5185
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0051
EPSS Percentile
39.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (1)
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN
<= 5.02.5183
Published
Jun 26, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026