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openSUSE Security Update : openvpn (openSUSE-2021-734)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149641

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2020-15078: Fixed authentication bypass with deferred authentication (bsc#1185279).

 - CVE-2020-11810: Fixed race condition between allocating peer-id and initializing data channel key (bsc#1169925).

 - CVE-2018-7544: Fixed cross-protocol scripting issue that was discovered in the management interface (bsc#1085803).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected openvpn packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1085803

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1169925

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185279

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149641

File Name: openSUSE-2021-734.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2021

Updated: 1/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7544

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

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-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-down-root-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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: 5/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7544, CVE-2020-11810, CVE-2020-15078