Security update for openvpn

SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1783-1
Rating: moderate
References: #843509
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    OpenVPN used a non-constant-time memcmp in HMAC comparison
    in openvpn_decrypt that might have allowed remote
    attackers to gain knowledge of plaintext data.
    (CVE-2013-2061)

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2013-2061
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    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-openvpn-8493
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-openvpn-8493
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-openvpn-8496
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-openvpn-8496
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-openvpn-8493
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-openvpn-8496

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • openvpn-2.0.9-143.40.5
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.40.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • openvpn-2.0.9-143.40.5
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.40.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • openvpn-2.0.9-143.33.3.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.33.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • openvpn-2.0.9-143.33.3.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.33.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • openvpn-2.0.9-143.40.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • openvpn-2.0.9-143.33.3.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2061.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/843509
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f305d64a55b5c18ded8b53766324abec
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f4d8b131056fb4788f8628df6041fa7f