CVE-2006-1629

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OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code on the client by using setenv with t

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9 EPSS 0.0356

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

openvpnall versions

openvpn access serverall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD06 Apr 2006 · 10:04 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11128-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://openvpn.net/changelog.htmlPatch

http://secunia.com/advisories/19531PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19598

http://secunia.com/advisories/19837

http://secunia.com/advisories/19897

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10093825&forum_id=8482

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http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1045

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:069

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html

http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/security/openvpn-print

http://www.osvdb.org/24444

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17392Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1261

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25667

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