SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1

    Published: 21 Jun 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7508
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-7508

    Summary: Security update for openvpn

    Details: This update for openvpn fixes the following issues: - It was possible to trigger an assertion by sending a malformed IPv6 packet. That issue could have been abused to remotely shutdown an openvpn server or client, if IPv6 and --mssfix were enabled and if the IPv6 networks used inside the VPN were known. [bsc#1044947, CVE-2017-7508]

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171642-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1044947, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7508

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openvpn

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.9-143.46.1

    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