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FKIE_CVE-2020-15078

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-26 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:56
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
OpenVPN 2.5.1 and earlier versions allows a remote attackers to bypass authentication and access control channel data on servers configured with deferred authentication, which can be used to potentially trigger further information leaks.
References
security@openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2020-15078Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncementsBroken Link
security@openvpn.nethttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@openvpn.nethttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GJUXEYHUPREEBPX23VPEKMFXUPVO3PMU/
security@openvpn.nethttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JGEGLC4YGBDN5CGHTNWN2GH6DJJA36T2/
security@openvpn.nethttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PLDB3OBQ3AODYYRN7NRCABV6I4AUFAT6/
security@openvpn.nethttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-25Third Party Advisory
security@openvpn.nethttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4933-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2020-15078Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncementsBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GJUXEYHUPREEBPX23VPEKMFXUPVO3PMU/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JGEGLC4YGBDN5CGHTNWN2GH6DJJA36T2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PLDB3OBQ3AODYYRN7NRCABV6I4AUFAT6/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-25Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4933-1Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openvpn openvpn *
openvpn openvpn *
fedoraproject fedora 32
fedoraproject fedora 33
fedoraproject fedora 34
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 20.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 20.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 21.04
debian debian_linux 9.0
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