CVE-2006-2229 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-2229

OpenVPN 2.0.7 and earlier, when configured to use the --management...

Vulnerability Description

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 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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

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

Timeline

Official Publish: May 5th, 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.