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FreeBSD : OpenVPN -- Buffer overflow in PAM authentication and DoS through port sharing (0dc8be9e-19af-11e6-8de0-080027ef73ec)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91145

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Samuli Seppanen reports :

OpenVPN 2.3.11 [...] fixes two vulnerabilities: a port-share bug with DoS potential and a buffer overflow by user-supplied data when using pam authentication.[...]

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/message/35076507/

http://www.nessus.org/u?2f61c29d

http://www.nessus.org/u?b74fed69

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91145

File Name: freebsd_pkg_0dc8be9e19af11e68de0080027ef73ec.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 5/16/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:openvpn, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:openvpn-polarssl, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2016