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An openvpn security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap 15.4.



SUSE-SU-2022:1934-1: moderate: Security update for openvpn


SUSE Security Update: Security update for openvpn
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1934-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1123557 #1197341
Cross-References: CVE-2022-0547
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-0547 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-0547 (SUSE): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4openSUSE Leap 15.4
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

Description:

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-0547: Fixed possible authentication bypass in external authentication plug-in (bsc#1197341).

- By default the --suppress-timestamps flag is not needed (bsc#1123557).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-1934=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-1934=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

openvpn-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-devel-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

openvpn-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-debuginfo-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-debugsource-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1
openvpn-devel-2.5.6-150400.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0547.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1123557
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1197341