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SUSE: CVE-2017-7478: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-7478: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/20/2017
Modified
06/20/2021

Description

OpenVPN version 2.3.12 and newer is vulnerable to unauthenticated Denial of Service of server via received large control packet. Note that this issue is fixed in 2.3.15 and 2.4.2.

Solution(s)

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

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