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FreeBSD: VID-45A72180-A640-11EC-A08B-85298243E224 (CVE-2022-0547): openvpn -- Potential authentication by-pass with multiple deferred authentication plug-ins

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FreeBSD: VID-45A72180-A640-11EC-A08B-85298243E224 (CVE-2022-0547): openvpn -- Potential authentication by-pass with multiple deferred authentication plug-ins

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/10/2022
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

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)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-openvpn
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-openvpn-mbedtls

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