Debian: DSA-3084-1: openvpn security update

Date01 Dec 2014

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

Dragana Damjanovic discovered that an authenticated client could crash an OpenVPN server by sending a control packet containing less than four bytes as payload.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3084-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.debian.org/security/                            Florian Weimer
December 01, 2014                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : openvpn
CVE ID         : CVE-2014-8104

Dragana Damjanovic discovered that an authenticated client could crash
an OpenVPN server by sending a control packet containing less than
four bytes as payload.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.1-8+deb7u3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.4-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your openvpn packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
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