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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703900
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3900-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openvpn' package(s) announced via the DSA-3900-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openvpn' package(s) announced via the DSA-3900-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several issues were discovered in openvpn, a virtual private network application.

CVE-2017-7479

It was discovered that openvpn did not properly handle the rollover of packet identifiers. This would allow an authenticated remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service via application crash.

CVE-2017-7508

Guido Vranken discovered that openvpn did not properly handle specific malformed IPv6 packets. This would allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service via application crash.

CVE-2017-7520

Guido Vranken discovered that openvpn did not properly handle clients connecting to an HTTP proxy with NTLMv2 authentication. This would allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service via application crash, or potentially leak sensitive information like the user's proxy password.

CVE-2017-7521

Guido Vranken discovered that openvpn did not properly handle some x509 extensions. This would allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service via application crash.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.3.4-5+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.0-6+deb9u1.

For the testing distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.3-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openvpn packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'openvpn' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7508
BugTraq ID: 99230
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99230
Debian Security Information: DSA-3900 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3900
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038768
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7520
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7521
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