| Name | CVE-2006-2229 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openvpn (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.3.4-5+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.4.0-6+deb9u4 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.4.7-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.5.1-3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2.6.3-1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.12-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openvpn | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
One needs to explicitly set the IP to something else than 127.0.0.1
in order to be vulnerable. The man page recommends not to do it.