CVE-2006-2229

Name	CVE-2006-2229
Description	OpenVPN 2.0.7 and earlier, when configured to use the --management option with an IP that is not 127.0.0.1, uses a cleartext password for TCP sessions to the management interface, which might allow remote attackers to view sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
openvpn (PTS)	bullseye	2.5.1-3	vulnerable
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	2.6.3-1+deb12u2	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	2.6.12-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
openvpn	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

One needs to explicitly set the IP to something else than 127.0.0.1
in order to be vulnerable. The man page recommends not to do it.