CVE-2006-1629 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2006-1629

OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows remote malicious servers to execute...

Vulnerability Description

OpenVPN 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openvpn, openvpn access server
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 2.0.4, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.5

Timeline

Official Publish: April 6th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.