Fedora 43 OpenVPN Update CVE-2026-40215 DoS Threat Advisory 2026-670067411c
fedora
April 28, 2026
Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.6.20 CVE-2026-40215 CVE-2026-35058
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 2.6.20 CVE-2026-40215 CVE-2026-35058
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Thu Apr 23 2026 Frank Lichtenheld
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2026-670067411c
2026-04-28 00:55:52.209330+00:00
Name : openvpn
Product : Fedora 43
Version : 2.6.20
Release : 1.fc43
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.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-670067411c' 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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Name: openvpn
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 2.6.20
Release: 1.fc43
Summary: A full-featured TLS VPN solution
Topics Covered
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