FKIE_CVE-2022-0547

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-03-18 18:15 - Updated: 2025-11-03 21:15
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2022-0547Vendor Advisory
security@openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncementsVendor Advisory
security@openvpn.nethttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@openvpn.nethttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFXJ35WKPME4HYNQCQNAJHLCZOJL2SAE/
security@openvpn.nethttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R36OYC5SJ6FLPVAYJYYT4MOJ2I7MGYFF/
security@openvpn.nethttps://openvpn.net/community-downloads/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2022-0547Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncementsVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFXJ35WKPME4HYNQCQNAJHLCZOJL2SAE/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R36OYC5SJ6FLPVAYJYYT4MOJ2I7MGYFF/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openvpn openvpn *
openvpn openvpn *
fedoraproject fedora 34
fedoraproject fedora 36
debian debian_linux 9.0
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