Alpine: openvpn: security update to 2.6.7-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408020

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- Using the --fragment option in certain configuration setups OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 allows an
attacker to trigger a divide by zero behaviour which could cause an application crash, leading to a denial
of service. (CVE-2023-46849)

- Use after free in OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 may lead to undefined behavoir, leaking memory buffers or
remote execution when sending network buffers to a remote peer. (CVE-2023-46850)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 408020

Version: Revision 1.28

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/15/2023

Updated: 12/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46850

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46849, CVE-2023-46850

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