CVE-2019-14899 — A vulnerability was discovered in Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, MacOS, iOS, and Andro

A vulnerability was discovered in Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, MacOS, iOS, and Android that allows a malicious access point, or an adjacent user, to determine if a connected user is using a VPN, make positive inferences about the websites they are visiting, and determine the correct

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability was discovered in Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, MacOS, iOS, and Android that allows a malicious access point, or an adjacent user, to determine if a connected user is using a VPN, make positive inferences about the websites they are visiting, and determine the correct sequence and acknowledgement numbers in use, allowing the bad actor to inject data into the TCP stream. This provides…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	VPN	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-12-11T14:45:12.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:26:39.138Z

09References

• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14899
• openvpn.net — https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/no-flaws-found-in-openvpn-software/
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211288
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211290
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/25
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/24
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/23
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/2
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211850
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/07/3
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211931
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/05/1