SECURITY: Fedora 35 Update: openvpn-2.5.6-1.fc35
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-a9bd17092d
2022-03-17 15:45:21.893781
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Name : openvpn
Product : Fedora 35
Version : 2.5.6
Release : 1.fc35
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:
This is a maintenance release of OpenVPN 2.5 with a security fix when used in
server mode
([CVE-2022-0547]( https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2022-0547)). The
other changes are available in
[Changes.rst]( https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/release/2.5/Changes.rst).
**NOTE** Please read the CVE description carefully if you use authentication
plug-ins with a server configuration.
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ChangeLog:
* Wed Mar 16 2022 David Sommerseth - 2.5.6-1
- Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.5.6
- Fixes CVE-2022-0547
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-a9bd17092d' 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
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An openvpn security update has been released for Fedora 35.