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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2024-b611e122fb
2024-06-27 02:02:42.638234
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Name        : openvpn
Product     : Fedora 40
Version     : 2.6.11
Release     : 1.fc40
URL         : https://community.openvpn.net/
Summary     : A full-featured TLS VPN solution
Description :
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.

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Update Information:

Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.6.11
CVE-2024-5594: control channel: refuse control channel messages with
nonprintable characters in them
CVE-2024-28882: only call schedule_exit() once (on a given peer)
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Jun 21 2024 Frank Lichtenheld  - 2.6.11-1
- Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.6.11
- Remove obsolete "beta release" qualifier from Summary
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2270512 - openvpn-2.6.11 is available
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270512
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-b611e122fb' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Fedora 40: openvpn 2024-b611e122fb Security Advisory Updates

June 27, 2024
Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.6.11 CVE-2024-5594: control channel: refuse control channel messages with nonprintable characters in them CVE-2024-28882: only call schedule_exit() onc...

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.

Update Information:

Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.6.11 CVE-2024-5594: control channel: refuse control channel messages with nonprintable characters in them CVE-2024-28882: only call schedule_exit() once (on a given peer)

Change Log

* Fri Jun 21 2024 Frank Lichtenheld - 2.6.11-1 - Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.6.11 - Remove obsolete "beta release" qualifier from Summary

References

[ 1 ] Bug #2270512 - openvpn-2.6.11 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270512

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-b611e122fb' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

Severity
Name : openvpn
Product : Fedora 40
Version : 2.6.11
Release : 1.fc40
URL : https://community.openvpn.net/
Summary : A full-featured TLS VPN solution

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