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openSUSE Security Update : openvpn (openSUSE-SU-2013:1645-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 75191

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The following security issues were fixed :

 - Applied upstream patch changing to use a constant time memcmp when comparing HMACs in openvpn_decrypt to address ciphertext injection in UDP mode (CVE-2013-2061, bnc#843509).
 [0006-openvpn-2.0.9-HMAC-memcmp-CVE-2013-2061_bnc843509.
 patch]

Changes in openvpn :

 - Applied upstream patch changing to use a constant time memcmp when comparing HMACs in openvpn_decrypt to address ciphertext injection in UDP mode (CVE-2013-2061, bnc#843509).
 [0006-openvpn-2.0.9-HMAC-memcmp-CVE-2013-2061_bnc843509.
 patch]

Solution

Update the affected openvpn packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=843509

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00012.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 75191

File Name: openSUSE-2013-823.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-auth-pam-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-down-root-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2061