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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-f426acf49d
2017-05-23 19:28:29.027411
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Name : openvpn
Product : Fedora 24
Version : 2.3.16
Release : 1.fc24
URL :
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/
Summary : A full-featured SSL 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 fix for two remote DoS issues (CVE-2017-7478, CVE-2017-7479)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1450993 - CVE-2017-7478 openvpn: Unauthenticated DoS via large control
packets
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1450993
[ 2 ] Bug #1450997 - CVE-2017-7479 openvpn: DoS due to exhaustion of packet-ID counter
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1450997
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade openvpn' 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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