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Ubuntu: USN-5347-1 (CVE-2022-0547): OpenVPN vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5347-1 (CVE-2022-0547): OpenVPN vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2022
Created
03/29/2022
Added
03/25/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-openvpn

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