Debian DSA-885-1 : openvpn - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22751

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenVPN, a free virtual private network daemon. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2005-3393 A format string vulnerability has been discovered that could allow arbitrary code to be executed on the client.

- CVE-2005-3409 A NULL pointer dereferencing has been discovered that could be exploited to crash the service.

Solution

Upgrade the openvpn package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain openvpn packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0-1sarge2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22751

File Name: debian_DSA-885.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openvpn, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3393, CVE-2005-3409

BID: 15239

DSA: 885

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