SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1622-1
Rating: important
References: #1038709 #1038711 #1038713 #995374
Cross-References: CVE-2016-6329 CVE-2017-7478 CVE-2017-7479

Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
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An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one
errata is now available.

Description:

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

– CVE-2016-6329: Show which ciphers should no longer be used in openvpn
–show-ciphers (bsc#995374)
– CVE-2017-7478: openvpn: Authenticated user can DoS server by using a big
payload in P_CONTROL (bsc#1038709)
– CVE-2017-7479: openvpn: Denial of Service due to Exhaustion of Packet-ID
counter (bsc#1038711)
– Hardening measures found by internal audit (bsc#1038713)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-998=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-998=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-998=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.

Package List:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):

openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):

openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):

openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6329.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7478.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7479.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038709
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038711
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038713
https://bugzilla.suse.com/995374

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