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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.1545
SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn
21 June 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: openvpn
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Reduced Security -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-7479 CVE-2017-7478 CVE-2016-6329
Reference: ASB-2016.0098
ESB-2017.1214
ESB-2016.2898
ESB-2016.2379
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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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