SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1694-1 Rating: important References: #907764 Cross-References: CVE-2014-8104 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
A remote denial of service attack against openvpn was fixed, where a authenticated client cloud stop the server by triggering a server-side ASSERT (CVE-2014-8104),
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-120
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-120
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
openvpn-2.3.2-11.1 openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.3.2-11.1 openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.3.2-11.1 openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.2-11.1 openvpn-debugsource-2.3.2-11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
openvpn-2.3.2-11.1 openvpn-debuginfo-2.3.2-11.1 openvpn-debugsource-2.3.2-11.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8104.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907764