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SUSE: 2025:1131-1 important: openvpn control message fix

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
In its April 2025 update, SUSE highlights a crucial patch for OpenVPN, ensuring correct processing of control notifications, thus improving overall security.
* bsc#1235147 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-5594

Summary

## This update for openvpn fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-5594: Fixed incorrect handling of null bytes and invalid characters in control messages (bsc#1235147) ## 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 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1131=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-1131=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-1131=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

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security advisory important fix SUSE openvpn control message

References

* bsc#1235147

Cross-

* CVE-2024-5594

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-5594 ( SUSE ): 2.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-5594 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2024-5594 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1131-1
Release Date: 2025-04-03T13:10:02Z
Rating: important

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security advisory important fix SUSE openvpn control message

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