[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2017:1622-1: important: Security update for openvpn

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1622-1

Rating: important

References: #1038709 #1038711 #1038713 #995374

Cross-References: CVE-2016-6329 CVE-2017-7478 CVE-2017-7479

 

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2

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An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one

errata is now available.

 

Description:

 

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

 

- CVE-2016-6329: Show which ciphers should no longer be used in openvpn

--show-ciphers (bsc#995374)

- CVE-2017-7478: openvpn: Authenticated user can DoS server by using a big

payload in P_CONTROL (bsc#1038709)

- CVE-2017-7479: openvpn: Denial of Service due to Exhaustion of Packet-ID

counter (bsc#1038711)

- Hardening measures found by internal audit (bsc#1038713)

 

 

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 for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-998=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-998=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-998=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):

 

openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):

 

openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):

 

openvpn-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-16.14.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-16.14.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6329.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7478.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7479.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038709

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038711

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038713

https://bugzilla.suse.com/995374

 

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