Debian: DSA-3084-1 Moderate: OpenVPN Control Packet Crash
debian
December 1, 2014
Dragana Damjanovic discovered that an authenticated client could crash an OpenVPN server by sending a control packet containing less than four bytes as payload
Topics Covered
Summary
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
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: openvpn
CVE ID: CVE-2014-8104
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