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openSUSE Leap 15.1: Security Update - openconnect Denial of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Resolutions for OpenConnect mitigating a service interruption vulnerability in the openSUSE cybersecurity patch. Urgent measures advised.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for openconnect fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-12823: Fixed a buffer overflow via crafted certificate data

which could have led to denial of service (bsc#1171862).

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

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 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-997=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

openconnect-7.08-lp151.6.9.1

openconnect-debuginfo-7.08-lp151.6.9.1

openconnect-debugsource-7.08-lp151.6.9.1

openconnect-devel-7.08-lp151.6.9.1

openconnect-doc-7.08-lp151.6.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

openconnect-lang-7.08-lp151.6.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12823.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171862

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0997-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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