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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-7508: Security patch for openvpn (ALAS-2017-852)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-7508: Security patch for openvpn (ALAS-2017-852)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/29/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to remote denial-of-service when receiving malformed IPv6 packet.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-openvpn

References

  • ALAS-2017-852
  • DSA-3900
  • CVE-2017-7508
  • USN-3339-1

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