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Important Authentication Bypass Fix for openSUSE Leap 15.3 and 15.4

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2022
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A crucial announcement regarding openVPN addresses security loopholes found in openSUSE Leap versions 15.3 and 15.4.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-0547: Fixed possible authentication bypass in external

authentication plug-in (bsc#1197341).

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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 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-1029=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-1029=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64):

openvpn-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-debuginfo-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-devel-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

openvpn-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-debuginfo-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-debugsource-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-devel-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.4.3-150000.5.10.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0547.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1197341

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:1029-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 openSUSE Leap 15.4 .

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