=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4565-1
October 05, 2020

openconnect vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenConnect could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
input.

Software Description:
- openconnect: An SSL VPN client

Details:

It was discovered that OpenConnect has a buffer overflow when a malicious
server uses HTTP chunked encoding with crafted chunk sizes. An attacker
could use it to provoke a denial of service (crash).

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libopenconnect5                 7.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2
  openconnect                     7.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4565-1
  CVE-2019-16239

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openconnect/7.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 4565-1: OpenConnect vulnerability

October 6, 2020
OpenConnect could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libopenconnect5 7.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2 openconnect 7.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4565-1

CVE-2019-16239

Severity
October 05, 2020

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openconnect/7.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2

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