CVE-2006-1629

published 2006-04-06

CVE-2006-1629: 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.

Priority P3 42 critical 9 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au S C C I C A C

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

11 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	openvpn	< openvpn 2.0.6-1 (bookworm)	openvpn 2.0.6-1 (bookworm)
openvpn	openvpn	—	—
openvpn	openvpn	—	—
openvpn	openvpn	>= 0 < 2.0.6-1	2.0.6-1
openvpn	openvpn	>= 0 < 2.0.6-1	2.0.6-1
openvpn	openvpn	>= 0 < 2.0.6-1	2.0.6-1
openvpn	openvpn	>= 0 < 2.0.6-1	2.0.6-1
openvpn	openvpn_access_server	—	—
openvpn	openvpn_access_server	—	—
openvpn	openvpn_access_server	—	—
openvpn	openvpn_access_server	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 9.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 9.0 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 9.0 MEDIUM

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