Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 687
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 687

Debian DSA-2623-1 Urgent: OpenConnect Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

debian
Calendar Grey February 14, 2013
Debian Logo
The Debian security advisory DSA-2623-2 addresses a critical stack overflow vulnerability in openconnect, which could be exploited by malicious VPN server responses
Kevin Cernekee discovered that a malicious VPN gateway can send crafted responses which trigger stack-based buffer overflows

Summary

Kevin Cernekee discovered that a malicious VPN gateway can send
crafted responses which trigger stack-based buffer overflows.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.25-0.1+squeeze2.

We recommend that you upgrade your openconnect packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Package: openconnect
CVE ID: CVE-2012-6128

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here