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GLSA-201611-02 : OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilities (SWEET32)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 94461

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201611-02 (OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenVPN. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker may be able to recover plaintext from encrypted communications.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All OpenVPN users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/openvpn-2.3.12'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 94461

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201611-02.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 11/2/2016

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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: 5.2

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openvpn

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6329

GLSA: 201611-02