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openSUSE: 2021:3927-1 Critical: openvpn Memory Leak Vulnerability

opensuse
Calendar Grey October 28, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Important security patch for openvpn in openSUSE enhances system protection against possible memory corruption vulnerabilities.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-12166: Lack of bound check in read_key in old legacy key

handling before using values could be used for a remote buffer overflow

(bsc#1060877).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote exploit system integrity openvpn important update openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1202=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1202=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

openvpn-2.3.8-14.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-14.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-14.1

openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-14.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-14.1

openvpn-devel-2.3.8-14.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.3.8-14.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-14.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

openvpn-2.3.8-8.13.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.8-8.13.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-8.13.1

openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.8-8.13.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.3.8-8.13.1

openvpn-devel-2.3.8-8.13.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.3.8-8.13.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.8-8.13.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12166.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1060877

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2892-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote exploit system integrity openvpn important update openSUSE

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