usn-5347-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-03-24 12:13
Modified
2026-02-10 04:42
Summary
openvpn vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled certain configurations with multiple authentication plugins. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication using incomplete credentials.

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  "id": "USN-5347-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:42:32Z",
  "published": "2022-03-24T12:13:58Z",
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