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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-0547: Improper Authentication

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-0547: Improper Authentication

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2022
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

OpenVPN 2.1 until v2.4.12 and v2.5.6 may enable authentication bypass in external authentication plug-ins when more than one of them makes use of deferred authentication replies, which allows an external user to be granted access with only partially correct credentials.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-openvpn

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