openSUSE: 2014:1594-1 Important Denial Of Service Vulnerability Fix
opensuse
December 8, 2014
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
openvpn was updated to fix a denial-of-service vulnerability where an
authenticated client could stop the server by triggering a server-side
ASSERT (bnc#907764,CVE-2014-8104),
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-759
- openSUSE 13.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-759
- openSUSE 12.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-759
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
openvpn-2.3.4-2.4.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.4-2.4.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.4-2.4.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.4-2.4.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.3.4-2.4.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.3.4-2.4.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.4-2.4.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):
openvpn-2.3.2-3.4.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.2-3.4.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.2-3.4.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.2-3.4.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.3.2-3.4.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.3.2-3.4.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.2-3.4.1
- openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64):
openvpn-2.2.2-9.9.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.2.2-9.9.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.2.2-9.9.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.2.2-9.9.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.2.2-9.9.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.2.2-9.9.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.2.2-9.9.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8104.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907764
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1594-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.2
openSUSE 13.1
openSUSE 12.3
Topics Covered
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