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Fedora 35 : openvpn (2022-a9bd17092d)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159010

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 35 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-a9bd17092d advisory.

 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected openvpn package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-a9bd17092d

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159010

File Name: fedora_2022-a9bd17092d.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2022

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, continuous_assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0547

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openvpn, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:35

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0547