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openSUSE 15.6: 2025:0278-1 moderate: openvpn operational issues

opensuse
Calendar Grey January 29, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This patch deals with a significant vulnerability in openvpn, fixing encryption management flaws. Implement the patch immediately.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2024-5594: Fixed wrong handling of null bytes and invalid characters in

control messages (bsc#1235147)

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-278=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-278=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-278=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* openvpn-dco-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-dco-debugsource-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-dco-debuginfo-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-debuginfo-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-devel-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-debugsource-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-dco-devel-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* openvpn-dco-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-dco-debugsource-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-dco-debuginfo-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-debuginfo-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-devel-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-debugsource-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

* openvpn-dco-devel-2.6.8-150600.3.14.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1235147

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5594.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235147

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0278-1
Release Date: 2025-01-28T23:46:50Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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