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CVE-2006-1629

Published: Apr 06, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1629
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code on the client by using setenv with the LD_PRELOAD environment variable.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpenvpnOpenvpn2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
OpenvpnOpenvpn2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
Openvpn_access_serverOpenvpn2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
Openvpn_access_serverOpenvpn2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
Openvpn_access_serverOpenvpn2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
Openvpn_access_serverOpenvpn2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)

References

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