openvpn (SSA:2014-344-04)
From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] openvpn (SSA:2014-344-04)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:12:09 -0800 (PST)





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[slackware-security] openvpn (SSA:2014-344-04)

New openvpn packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0,
14.1, and -current to fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue that allows remote authenticated
users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a small control
channel packet.
For more information, see:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncement-97597e732b
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8104
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
d549489acb7595e4a9fc0554623693f9 openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
8231ac619e17dc4bef21fb127449d164 openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
e14d11e7b35a2dbf39ec6be05e0b6d10 openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
178da05a1985650ea9fca1cc6d30c940 openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
cf969bbffa86267a8e6fd7867a3eeda5 openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
e52fdab74c64d64096916e61bc90d8e2 openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
1f99660fa456c8f8130fae7b600b1390 openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
59c46e1c2366c7e02ce85e2e2ce0de73 openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
5b3137fdb321c8110e2996eb5d65af10 openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
65aa55349ea3ac83aa499442d24b6ff5 openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
ffc8b351685e765b10018ad8f86589a0 n/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
6389d4f64e0103b9850f437e60c73166 n/openvpn-2.3.6-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1_slack14.1.txz


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