Advisories » MGASA-2017-0152

Updated openvpn packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Jun 2017
Modification date: 01 Jun 2017
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5
CVE: CVE-2017-7478 , CVE-2017-7479

Description

It was discovered that OpenVPN improperly triggered an assert when
receiving an oversized control packet in some situations. A remote
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (server or client
crash) (CVE-2017-7478).

It was discovered that OpenVPN improperly triggered an assert when packet
ids rolled over. An authenticated remote attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service (application crash) (CVE-2017-7479).
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20845
• https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn23
• https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3284-1/
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7478
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7479

SRPMS

5/core

• openvpn-2.3.16-1.mga5