CVE-2006-1629 (GCVE-0-2006-1629)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-04-06 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:19
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://openvpn.net/changelog.html Patch
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/19531 Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/19598
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/19837
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/19897
cve@mitre.org http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10093825&forum_id=8482
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1045
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:069
cve@mitre.org http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/security/openvpn-print
cve@mitre.org http://www.osvdb.org/24444
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17392 Patch
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1261
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25667
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openvpn.net/changelog.html Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/19531 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/19598
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/19837
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/19897
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10093825&forum_id=8482
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1045
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:069
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/security/openvpn-print
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.osvdb.org/24444
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17392 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1261
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25667
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