Upstream information

CVE-2017-7522 at MITRE

Description

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service by authenticated remote attacker via sending a certificate with an embedded NULL character.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4 6.3
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication Single Single
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Partial Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.5 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This issue only affects openvpn if it is built with PolarSS/mbedTLS. Our openvpn packages are built with openssl, so we are not affected by this problem.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1044947 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  • openvpn >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
  • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
  • openvpn-devel >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 GA openvpn-2.4.3-5.3.19
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
SUSE Manager Server 4.2
  • openvpn >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
  • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
  • openvpn-devel >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 GA openvpn-2.4.3-5.3.19
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
SUSE Manager Server 4.1
  • openvpn >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
  • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
  • openvpn-devel >= 2.4.3-5.3.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 GA openvpn-2.4.3-5.3.19
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
  • openvpn >= 2.5.5-150400.1.5
  • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin >= 2.5.5-150400.1.5
  • openvpn-devel >= 2.5.5-150400.1.5
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 GA openvpn-2.5.5-150400.1.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • openvpn >= 2.5.6-150400.3.6.1
  • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin >= 2.5.6-150400.3.6.1
  • openvpn-devel >= 2.5.6-150400.3.6.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 GA openvpn-2.5.6-150400.3.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • openvpn >= 2.6.8-150600.1.5
  • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin >= 2.6.8-150600.1.5
  • openvpn-devel >= 2.6.8-150600.1.5
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 GA openvpn-2.6.8-150600.1.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • openvpn >= 2.4.3-3.39
  • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin >= 2.4.3-3.39
  • openvpn-devel >= 2.4.3-3.39
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA openvpn-2.4.3-3.39
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • openvpn >= 2.4.3-lp150.2.10
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA openvpn-2.4.3-lp150.2.10
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • openvpn >= 2.4.3-lp152.5.8
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA openvpn-2.4.3-lp152.5.10
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • openvpn >= 2.4.3-5.7.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA openvpn-2.4.3-5.7.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openvpn >= 2.5.5-150400.1.5
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA openvpn-2.5.5-150400.1.5
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • openvpn >= 2.5.3-1.2
  • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin >= 2.5.3-1.2
  • openvpn-devel >= 2.5.3-1.2
  • openvpn-down-root-plugin >= 2.5.3-1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11128

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 openvpn Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 openvpn Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 openvpn Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 openvpn Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 openvpn Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS openvpn Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS openvpn Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY openvpn-openssl1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS openvpn Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 openvpn Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL openvpn Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS openvpn Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS openvpn Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS openvpn Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 openvpn Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 openvpn Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 openvpn Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 openvpn Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openvpn Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openvpn Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 openvpn Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openvpn Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 openvpn Affected
Security Module for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 openvpn-openssl1 Released
openSUSE Leap 15.3 openvpn Already fixed
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security openvpn Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Jun 19 15:45:54 2017
CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 30 16:50:13 2024