Security update for OpenVPN
SUSE Security Update: Security update for OpenVPN
This update fixes a critical denial of service vulnerability in OpenVPN:
* CVE-2014-8104: Critical denial of service vulnerability in OpenVPN
servers that can be triggered by authenticated attackers.
Also an incompatibility with OpenVPN and OpenSSL in FIPS mode has been
fixed. (bnc#895882)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-8104
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1605-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #895882 #907764 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
This update fixes a critical denial of service vulnerability in OpenVPN:
* CVE-2014-8104: Critical denial of service vulnerability in OpenVPN
servers that can be triggered by authenticated attackers.
Also an incompatibility with OpenVPN and OpenSSL in FIPS mode has been
fixed. (bnc#895882)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-8104
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-10061 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-openvpn-10061 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-openvpn-10061
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- openvpn-2.0.9-143.44.1
- openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.44.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- openvpn-2.0.9-143.44.1
- openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.44.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- openvpn-2.0.9-143.44.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8104.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895882
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907764
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5352ff2473420ef0f67960593d5e6560