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openSUSE Security Update : openvpn (openSUSE-2017-717) (SWEET32)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 101128

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-6329: Show which ciphers should no longer be used in openvpn --show-ciphers (bsc#995374)

 - CVE-2017-7478: openvpn: Authenticated user can DoS server by using a big payload in P_CONTROL (bsc#1038709)

 - CVE-2017-7479: openvpn: Denial of Service due to Exhaustion of Packet-ID counter (bsc#1038711)

 - Hardening measures found by internal audit (bsc#1038713)

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=1038709

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1038711

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1038713

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=995374

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 101128

File Name: openSUSE-2017-717.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/30/2017

Updated: 12/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6329

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6329, CVE-2017-7478, CVE-2017-7479