openSUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2892-1
Rating: important
References: #1060877
Cross-References: CVE-2017-12166
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
openSUSE Leap 42.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

– CVE-2017-12166: Lack of bound check in read_key in old legacy key
handling before using values could be used for a remote buffer overflow
(bsc#1060877).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

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

– openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1202=1

– openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1202=1

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

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

openvpn-2.3.8-14.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-14.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-14.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-14.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-14.1
openvpn-devel-2.3.8-14.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.3.8-14.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-14.1

– openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

openvpn-2.3.8-8.13.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-8.13.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-8.13.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-8.13.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-8.13.1
openvpn-devel-2.3.8-8.13.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.3.8-8.13.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-8.13.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12166.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1060877

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