Security update for openconnect

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1264-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-12105 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-12105 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP4

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

Description:

This update for openconnect fixes the following issue:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2020-12105: Fixed the improper handling of negative return values from X509_check_ function calls that might have allowed MITM attacks (bsc#1170452).

Non-security issue fixed:

  • This is a rebuild to have a higher version than openconnect on Packagehub, to avoid having a vpnc dependency. (bsc#1142093)
  • A vpnc-script is included in this openconnect package.

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 Workstation Extension 12 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2020-1264=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2020-1264=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP4 (x86_64)
    • openconnect-debuginfo-7.08-3.9.1
    • openconnect-7.08-3.9.1
    • openconnect-debugsource-7.08-3.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP4 (noarch)
    • openconnect-lang-7.08-3.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (x86_64)
    • openconnect-debuginfo-7.08-3.9.1
    • openconnect-7.08-3.9.1
    • openconnect-debugsource-7.08-3.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (noarch)
    • openconnect-lang-7.08-3.9.1

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