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Gentoo: GLSA-201611-02 Normal: OpenVPN Threats To Encrypted Traffic

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2016
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Enhance OpenVPN to mitigate several vulnerabilities that provide unauthorized entry to encrypted communications. Maintain security!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenVPN, the worst of which allows remote attackers to read encrypted traffic.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenVPN. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo network flaw remote access OpenVPN encrypted traffic

Resolution

All OpenVPN users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openvpn-2.3.12"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-6329 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6329

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-02
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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: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 01, 2016
Bugs: #582902, #592070
ID: 201611-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo network flaw remote access OpenVPN encrypted traffic

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenVPN, the worst of which allows remote attackers to read encrypted traffic.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/openvpn < 2.3.12 >= 2.3.12

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to recover plaintext from encrypted communications.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.