QID 710091

Date Published: 2021-08-31

QID 710091: Gentoo Linux OpenVirtual Private Network Authentication bypass vulnerability (GLSA 202105-25)

Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution

A vulnerability has been found in OpenVPN, allowing attackers to bypass the authentication process.

Affected Package(s): net-vpn/openvpn

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Malicious users could also use this vulnerability to change partial contents or configuration on the system and information disclosure.Denial of service can appear in some cases too.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

The Vendor has released security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit GLSA 202105-25 for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

GLSA 202105-25 - security.gentoo.org//glsa/202105-25

CVEs related to QID 710091

CVE-2020-15078 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GLSA 202105-25	Gentoo		security.gentoo.org//glsa/202105-25

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