PT-2017-14261 · Pia · Private Internet Access

Yakov Shafranovich · Published 2017-10-26 · Updated 2017-11-16 · CVE-2017-15882

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Private Internet Access (PIA) versions prior to 1.3.3.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved by providing a large VPN server-list file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.3.3.1, update to version 1.3.3.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15882

Affected Products

Private Internet Access

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/10/25/advisory-pia-android-app-cve-2017-15882 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15882 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15882 · Vendor Advisory