CVE-2022-0547

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2022-0547	Vendor Advisory
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncements	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFXJ35WKPME4HYNQCQNAJHLCZOJL2SAE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R36OYC5SJ6FLPVAYJYYT4MOJ2I7MGYFF/
https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-03-18 18:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:41

NVD link : CVE-2022-0547

Mitre link : CVE-2022-0547

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-0547

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openvpn

openvpn

debian

debian_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

CWE-305

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

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