[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1: important: Security update for openvpn

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1

Rating: important

References: #1044947

Cross-References: CVE-2017-7508

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

 

- It was possible to trigger an assertion by sending a malformed IPv6

packet. That issue could have been abused to remotely shutdown an

openvpn server or client, if IPv6 and --mssfix were enabled and if the

IPv6 networks used inside the VPN were known. [bsc#1044947,

CVE-2017-7508]

 

 

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-SP4:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp4-openvpn-13166=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp3-openvpn-13166=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:

 

zypper in -t patch sleposp3-openvpn-13166=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

 

zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-openvpn-13166=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:

 

zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-openvpn-13166=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

openvpn-2.0.9-143.46.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.46.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

 

openvpn-2.0.9-143.46.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.46.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586):

 

openvpn-2.0.9-143.46.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.0.9-143.46.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

openvpn-debuginfo-2.0.9-143.46.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.0.9-143.46.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 s390x x86_64):

 

openvpn-debuginfo-2.0.9-143.46.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.0.9-143.46.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7508.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1044947

 

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