ALAS-2021-1531

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-15078  

OpenVPN 2.5.1 and earlier versions allows a remote attackers to bypass authentication and access control channel data on servers configured with deferred authentication, which can be used to potentially trigger further information leaks. (<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE%2D2020%2D15078">CVE-2020-15078</a>)

ALAS-2021-1531


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1531
Advisory Release Date: 2021-09-02 22:54 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-09-08 19:21 Pacific
Severity: Important
References: CVE-2020-15078 

Issue Overview:

OpenVPN 2.5.1 and earlier versions allows a remote attackers to bypass authentication and access control channel data on servers configured with deferred authentication, which can be used to potentially trigger further information leaks. (<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE%2D2020%2D15078">CVE-2020-15078</a>)


Affected Packages:

openvpn


Issue Correction:
Run yum update openvpn to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    openvpn-devel-2.4.11-1.48.amzn1.i686
    openvpn-2.4.11-1.48.amzn1.i686
    openvpn-debuginfo-2.4.11-1.48.amzn1.i686

src:
    openvpn-2.4.11-1.48.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    openvpn-debuginfo-2.4.11-1.48.amzn1.x86_64
    openvpn-2.4.11-1.48.amzn1.x86_64
    openvpn-devel-2.4.11-1.48.amzn1.x86_64