Re: Critical OpenVPN Zero-Day Flaws Affecting Millions of Endpoints Across the Globe

Gert Doering <[email protected]> Thu, 16 May 2024 16:17:31 +0200

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Hi,

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 05:05:37PM +0300, M Mikky wrote:
> > Article: Critical OpenVPN Zero-Day Flaws Affecting Millions of Endpoints
> Across the Globe
> > Link: https://cybersecuritynews.com/openvpn-zero-day-flaws/
> 
> What the journalist refers to in this URL (to
> https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/briefings/schedule/#ovpnx--zero-days-leading-to-rce-lpe-and-kce-via-
> byovd-affecting-millions-of-openvpn-endpoints-across-the-globe-38900) is an
> indication of a future Microsoft's vulnerability report for OpenVPN. It
> looks primarily like another attempt to combat the globally used OpenVPN,
> since Microsoft has its own relatively little-used VPN product.

Given that a Microsoft employee has worked with us to actually fix
the bugs, before disclosure, this is not a conspiracy by Microsoft to
make OpenVPN "look bad".  It's just BlackHat marketing.

gert
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Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             [email protected]

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