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Fedora 34: 2022-7d46acce7c Critical: OpenVPN Server Mode Fix

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Calendar Grey March 24, 2022
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This update for OpenVPN version 2.5 resolves a significant bug affecting server functionality on Fedora 34.
This is a maintenance release of OpenVPN 2.5 with a security fix when used in server mode ([CVE-2022-0547]((Link no longer available)))

Summary

OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all

of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the

OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a single UDP or TCP

port. It can use the Marcus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumers LZO library

for compression.

This is a maintenance release of OpenVPN 2.5 with a security fix when used in

server mode

([CVE-2022-0547](openvpn/wiki/CVE-2022-0547)). The

other changes are available in

[Changes.rst](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/release/2.5/Changes.rst).

**NOTE** Please read the CVE description carefully if you use authentication

plug-ins with a server configuration.

* Wed Mar 16 2022 David Sommerseth - 2.5.6-1

- Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.5.6

- Fixes CVE-2022-0547

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-7d46acce7c' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 34
Version: 2.5.6
Release: 1.fc34
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Summary: A full-featured TLS VPN solution

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