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Fedora 21 : openvpn-2.3.6-1.fc21 (2014-16060)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79910

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix for CVE-2014-8104.

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncement-97597e 732b

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Solution

Update the affected openvpn package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?817181a3

http://www.nessus.org/u?5f3c40e7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79910

File Name: fedora_2014-16060.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openvpn, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2014

Reference Information

BID: 71402

FEDORA: 2014-16060