MGASA-2016-0010

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    MGASA-2016-0010

    Published: 12 Jan 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated openvpn packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: OpenVPN versions before 2.3.9 contain an out of bounds read error in resolve_remote() in the file socket.c. With both IPv4 and IPv6 connections, OpenVPN will read a struct sockaddr_in6, but in the IPv4 case the data structure is smaller than in the IPv6 case. The openvpn package has been updated to version 2.3.9, fixing this issue and several other bugs. See the upstream Changelog for details.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0010.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17418, https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/32-Out-of-bounds-read-in-OpenVPN.html, https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn23#OpenVPN2.3.9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openvpn

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/openvpn?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.9-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High