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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56666
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1045-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openvpn' package(s) announced via the DSA-1045-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openvpn' package(s) announced via the DSA-1045-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Hendrik Weimer discovered that OpenVPN, the Virtual Private Network daemon, allows to push environment variables to a client allowing a malicious VPN server to take over connected clients.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain openvpn packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-1sarge3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.6-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openvpn package.

Affected Software/OS:
'openvpn' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-1629
BugTraq ID: 17392
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17392
Debian Security Information: DSA-1045 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1045
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:069
http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/security/openvpn-print
http://www.osvdb.org/24444
http://secunia.com/advisories/19531
http://secunia.com/advisories/19598
http://secunia.com/advisories/19837
http://secunia.com/advisories/19897
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:009 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1261
XForce ISS Database: openvpn-ldpreload-code-execution(25667)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25667
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