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SUSE: CVE-2017-12166: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-12166: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/21/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/25/2017
Modified
05/16/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-openvpn
  • suse-upgrade-openvpn-auth-pam-plugin
  • suse-upgrade-openvpn-devel
  • suse-upgrade-openvpn-openssl1
  • suse-upgrade-openvpn-openssl1-down-root-plugin

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:2838-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2839-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:3177-1
  • 101153
  • 1039470
  • CVE-2017-12166

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