National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2229

Overview

OpenVPN 2.0.7 and earlier, when configured to use the --management option with an IP that is not 127.0.0.1, uses a cleartext password for TCP sessions to the management interface, which might allow remote attackers to view sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060503 Re: OpenVPN 2.0.7 and below: Remote OpenVPN Management Interface Flaw

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/433000/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060503 Re: OpenVPN 2.0.7 and below: Remote OpenVPN Management Interface Flaw

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/432867/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060503 OpenVPN 2.0.7 and below: Remote OpenVPN Management Interface Flaw

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/432863/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://openvpn.net/man.html

Hyperlink:http://openvpn.net/man.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 25660

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25660