{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1","published":"2017-06-21T11:54:03Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:43:56.842771Z","related":["CVE-2017-7508"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-7508"],"summary":"Security update for openvpn","details":"This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:\n\n- It was possible to trigger an assertion by sending a malformed IPv6 packet.\n  That issue could have been abused to remotely shutdown an openvpn server or\n  client, if IPv6 and --mssfix were enabled and if the IPv6 networks used\n  inside the VPN were known. [bsc#1044947, CVE-2017-7508]\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"openvpn":"2.0.9-143.46.1","openvpn-auth-pam-plugin":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"openvpn":"2.0.9-143.46.1","openvpn-auth-pam-plugin":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATA"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"openvpn":"2.0.9-143.46.1","openvpn-auth-pam-plugin":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"openvpn":"2.0.9-143.46.1","openvpn-auth-pam-plugin":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"openvpn":"2.0.9-143.46.1","openvpn-auth-pam-plugin":"2.0.9-143.46.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1642-1.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171642-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1044947"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7508"}]}