CVE-2006-2229

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-2229
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-05 19:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOpenVPN 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.009110000 probability, percentile 0.758730000 (date 2026-04-20)

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.1_rc1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.1_rc2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.1_rc3 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.1_rc4 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.1_rc5 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.1_rc6 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.1_rc7 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.2_rc1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.3_rc1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.4 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0.6_rc1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta10 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta11 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta12 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta13 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta15 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta16 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta17 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta18 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta19 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta20 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta28 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta3 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta4 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta5 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta6 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta7 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta8 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_beta9 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc10 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc11 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc12 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc13 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc14 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc15 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc16 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc17 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc18 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc19 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc20 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc21 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc3 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc4 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc5 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc6 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc7 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc8 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_rc9 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test1 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test10 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test11 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test12 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test14 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test15 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test16 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test17 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test18 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test19 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test2 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test20 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test21 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test22 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test23 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test24 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test25 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test26 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test27 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test29 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test3 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test4 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test5 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test6 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test7 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test8 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn 2.0_test9 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 2.0.5 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.6 All All All
Application Openvpn Openvpn Access Server 2.0.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenVPN 2.0.x Man Page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openvpn.net
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/25660 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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