OpenVPN: Denial of Service

OpenVPN: Denial of Service A vulnerability in OpenVPN could lead to Denial of Service. openvpn December 26, 2014 December 26, 2014: 1 531308 remote 2.3.6 2.3.6

OpenVPN is a multi-platform, full-featured SSL VPN solution.

OpenVPN does not properly handle control channel packets that are too small.

A remote authenticated attacker could send a specially crafted control channel packet, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All OpenVPN users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openvpn-2.3.6"

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