CVE-2020-15078

Publication date 26 April 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

OpenVPN 2.5.1 and earlier versions allows a remote attackers to bypass authentication and access control channel data on servers configured with deferred authentication, which can be used to potentially trigger further information leaks.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openvpn 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 2.5.1-2
21.10 impish
Fixed in 2.5.1-2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed in 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.1
20.10 groovy
Fixed in 2.4.9-3ubuntu1.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 2.4.7-1ubuntu2.20.04.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.5
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
openvpn

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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