Bug 613100 - openvpn crashes when wrong password is entered using auth plugin
Summary: openvpn crashes when wrong password is entered using auth plugin
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: openvpn
Version: el5
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Steven Pritchard
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-07-09 17:27 UTC by Bernd Bartmann
Modified: 2017-04-06 10:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-04-06 10:33:30 UTC
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Description Bernd Bartmann 2010-07-09 17:27:50 UTC
Description of problem:
I've configured openvpn to use cert and username/password auth. The password auth happens against the normal system user accounts. Whenever I enter the correct username / password pair everything is fine. But if I enter a wrong password openvpn crashes with SIGTERM. Here is a short excerpt from my openvpn logs:
 
PLUGIN_CALL: POST /usr/lib64/openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-pam.so/PLUGIN_AUTH_USER_PASS_VERIFY status=1
PLUGIN_CALL: plugin function PLUGIN_AUTH_USER_PASS_VERIFY failed with status 1: /usr/lib64/openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-pam.so
TLS Auth Error: Auth Username/Password verification failed for peer
SENT CONTROL [eeepc]: 'AUTH_FAILED' (status=1)
PLUGIN_CLOSE: /usr/lib64/openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-pam.so
SIGTERM[soft,delayed-exit] received, process exiting

The same problems has already been reported and fixed for Fedora 11 in bug #520918. Fixed versions seem to be available for Fedora 11 and 12, but not for EPEL5.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openvpn-2.1.1-2.el5

How reproducible:
Everytime.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure openvpn to use username / password auth
2. Enter a wrong password 
3. Monitor openvpn logs for SIGTERM
  
Actual results:
openvpn crashes

Expected results:
openvpn should not crash

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bernd Bartmann 2010-07-09 17:54:06 UTC
Correction: The current EPEL version openvpn-2.1.1-2.el5 seems to be exactly the same as the current F11, F12 and F13 version. Nonetheless I encounter the crash problem on EPEL5.

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2017-04-06 10:33:30 UTC
Fedora EPEL 5 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2017-03-31. Fedora EPEL 5
is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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