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Gentoo: GLSA 201412-41 Normal: OpenVPN Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey December 26, 2014
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Gentoo Security Notice GLSA 202301-29 highlights a critical vulnerability in OpenVPN that poses a potential Denial of Service threat, demanding immediate remediation.
A vulnerability in OpenVPN could lead to Denial of Service.

Summary

OpenVPN does not properly handle control channel packets that are too small.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All OpenVPN users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openvpn-2.3.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8104 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8104

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-41
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: OpenVPN: Denial of Service
Date: December 26, 2014
Bugs: #531308
ID: 201412-41

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in OpenVPN could lead to Denial of Service.

Background

OpenVPN is a multi-platform, full-featured SSL VPN solution.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/openvpn < 2.3.6 >= 2.3.6

Impact

===== A remote authenticated attacker could send a specially crafted control channel packet, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.