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Fedora 36 OpenVPN: 2022-cb4c1146dc Moderate: Server Mode Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2022
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Delve into the crucial enhancements introduced in OpenVPN 2.5, highlighting key security patches included in Fedora 36, with an emphasis on the functionality of server mode operations.
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-cb4c1146dc' 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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https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Change Log

References

Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 36
Version: 2.5.6
Release: 1.fc36
URL:
Summary: A full-featured TLS VPN solution

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