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openSUSE Security Update : openvpn (openSUSE-2017-1202)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104238

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-12166: Lack of bound check in read_key in old legacy key handling before using values could be used for a remote buffer overflow (bsc#1060877).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected openvpn packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1060877

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104238

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1202.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2017

Updated: 11/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12166

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-auth-pam-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-down-root-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12166

IAVA: 2017-A-0285-S