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openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2018:1912-1 moderate: openvpn denial of service

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2018
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Tackling intermediate concerns in openvpn, this enhancement guarantees improved reliability. Setup guidelines are provided.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2018-9336: Fix potential double-free() in Interactive Service could

lead to denial of service (bsc#1090839).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-705=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

openvpn-2.4.3-lp150.3.3.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.4.3-lp150.3.3.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.4.3-lp150.3.3.1

openvpn-debuginfo-2.4.3-lp150.3.3.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.4.3-lp150.3.3.1

openvpn-devel-2.4.3-lp150.3.3.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.4.3-lp150.3.3.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.4.3-lp150.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-9336.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090839

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1912-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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