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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-12166: Security patch for openvpn (ALAS-2017-920)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-12166: Security patch for openvpn (ALAS-2017-920)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/21/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2017
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

OpenVPN versions before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability when key-method 1 is used, possibly resulting in code execution.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-openvpn

References

  • ALAS-2017-920
  • CVE-2017-12166

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