Security update for openvpn

SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1
Rating: important
References: #1044947
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:

    This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

    - It was possible to trigger an assertion by sending a malformed IPv6
    packet. That issue could have been abused to remotely shutdown an
    openvpn server or client, if IPv6 and --mssfix were enabled and if the
    IPv6 networks used inside the VPN were known. [bsc#1044947,
    CVE-2017-7508]

    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 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-openvpn-13166=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-openvpn-13166=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sleposp3-openvpn-13166=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-openvpn-13166=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-openvpn-13166=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • openvpn-2.0.9-143.46.1
      • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.46.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
      • openvpn-2.0.9-143.46.1
      • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.46.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586):
      • openvpn-2.0.9-143.46.1
      • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.46.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • openvpn-debuginfo-2.0.9-143.46.1
      • openvpn-debugsource-2.0.9-143.46.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 s390x x86_64):
      • openvpn-debuginfo-2.0.9-143.46.1
      • openvpn-debugsource-2.0.9-143.46.1

    References: