Security update for openvpn

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2359-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

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

Description:

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

  • openvpn-2.3.9-Fix-heap-overflow-on-getaddrinfo-result.patch was malformed in a way that caused patch(1) to ignore it. (bsc#959714)

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2359=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2359=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2359=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.23.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.23.1

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