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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1045-1 New OpenVPN packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-1630 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:19:48.809Z

Reserved: 2006-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1629

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-04-06T22:04:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-1629

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