SECURITY: Fedora 34 Update: openvpn-2.5.2-1.fc34
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-b805c26afa
2021-04-26 00:26:25.299577
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Name : openvpn
Product : Fedora 34
Version : 2.5.2
Release : 1.fc34
URL : https://community.openvpn.net/
Summary : A full-featured TLS VPN solution
Description :
OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all
of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the
OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a single UDP or TCP
port. It can use the Marcus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumers LZO library
for compression.
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Update Information:
Security update - OpenVPN 2.5.1 and earlier versions allows a remote attackers
to bypass authentication and access control channel data on servers configured
with deferred authentication, which can be used to potentially trigger further
information leaks. (CVE-2020-15078)
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ChangeLog:
* Wed Apr 21 2021 David Sommerseth - 2.5.2-1
- Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.5.2
- Fixes CVE-2020-15078
- Replaces --ncp-ciphers with --data-ciphers in the server systemd service unit
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1952935 - CVE-2020-15078 openvpn: Authentication bypass with deferred authentication [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1952935
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-b805c26afa' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
An openvpn security update has been released for Fedora 34.
