GLSA 201611-02: OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/01/2016
Bugs:	#582902, #592070
ID:	201611-02

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenVPN, the worst of which allows remote attackers to read encrypted traffic.

Background

OpenVPN is a multi-platform, full-featured SSL VPN solution.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/openvpn	< 2.3.12	>= 2.3.12	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenVPN. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to recover plaintext from encrypted communications.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenVPN users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openvpn-2.3.12"

References

CVE-2016-6329

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201611-02.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.