This update for openvpn fixes the following issues: - It was possible to trigger an assertion by sending a malformed IPv6 packet. That issue could have been abused to remotely shutdown an openvpn server or client, if IPv6 and --mssfix were enabled and if the IPv6 networks used inside the VPN were known. [bsc#1044947, CVE-2017-7508] Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-openvpn-13166=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp3-openvpn-13166=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-openvpn-13166=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-openvpn-13166=1
#1044947
Cross- CVE-2017-7508
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7508.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1044947
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