CVE-2006-1629

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1629
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-06 22:04:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOpenVPN 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.035600000 probability, percentile 0.877190000 (date 2026-04-19)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.4 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.3 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
OpenVPN LD_PRELOAD Environment Variable Pushing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1045-1 openvpn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
OS Reviews: Free and Open Source Software for GNU/Linux and more af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osreviews.net
OpenVPN Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Debian update for openvpn - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/24444 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Mandriva update for openvpn - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
OpenVPN 2.0.x Change Log af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openvpn.net Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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