CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1629

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows a remote malicious server to execute arbitrary code on the client by setting the LD_PRELOAD environment variable via the setenv directive.

Risk Assessment

An attacker-controlled server can take over the OpenVPN client, leading to full compromise of the client system and potential access to sensitive data.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade OpenVPN to version 2.0.6 or later, which fixes this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS