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Gentoo: GLSA-200511-07 Critical: OpenVPN Code Execution and DoS

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2005
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A series of security flaws detected in OpenVPN may allow for remote code execution and Denial of Service incidents that compromise Gentoo systems.
The OpenVPN client is potentially vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code and the OpenVPN server is vulnerable to a Denial of Service issue

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200511-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: November 06, 2005 Bugs: #111116 ID: 200511-07

Synopsis ======= The OpenVPN client is potentially vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code and the OpenVPN server is vulnerable to a Denial of Service issue.
Background ========= OpenVPN is a multi-platform, full-featured SSL VPN solution.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/openvpn < 2.0.4 >= 2.0.4
========== The OpenVPN client contains a format string bug in the handling of the foreign_option in options.c. Furthermore, when the OpenVPN server ...

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