Is CVE-2008-3459 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-3459 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-3459?

CVE-2008-3459 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.6 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-3459?

CVE-2008-3459 has an EPSS score of 2.12% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3459?

Upgrade openvpn on debian 11 to 2.1~rc9-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-3459

HIGHEPSS 80th pctl

7.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted (1) lladdr and (2) iproute configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters.

CWE-16

How to fix

Remediation Available

openvpnDebian

Fixed in:2.1~rc9-1CVE-2008-3459

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vupen.com

Other references4

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CVE-2009-2335	Medium	5.0	85%	-	Fix
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CVE-2006-3677	High	7.5	78%	-	Fix
CVE-2011-4404	Medium	5.0	60%	-	-
CVE-2006-0848	Medium	5.1	58%	-	-
CVE-2007-3898	Medium	6.4	55%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.