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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55815
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-885-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openvpn' package(s) announced via the DSA-885-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openvpn' package(s) announced via the DSA-885-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenVPN, a free virtual private network daemon. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2005-3393

A format string vulnerability has been discovered that could allow arbitrary code to be executed on the client.

CVE-2005-3409

A NULL pointer dereferencing has been discovered that could be exploited to crash the service.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain openvpn packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0-1sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openvpn package.

Affected Software/OS:
'openvpn' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3393
BugTraq ID: 15239
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15239
Bugtraq: 20051031 OpenVPN[v2.0.x]: foreign_option() formart string vulnerability. (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113081023121059&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-885 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-885
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-07.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415487
http://secunia.com/advisories/17376
http://secunia.com/advisories/17447
http://secunia.com/advisories/17452
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:025 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2255
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3409
BugTraq ID: 15270
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15270
http://www.osvdb.org/20416
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