Security update for openvpn

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1622-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-6329 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-7478 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7479 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

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 update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-998=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-998=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-998=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.14.1

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