ALAS-2023-1719

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-0547  

OpenVPN 2.1 until v2.4.12 and v2.5.6 may enable authentication bypass in external authentication plug-ins when more than one of them makes use of deferred authentication replies, which allows an external user to be granted access with only partially correct credentials. (CVE-2022-0547)

ALAS-2023-1719


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1719
Advisory Release Date: 2023-03-30 22:50 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-04-05 20:23 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

OpenVPN 2.1 until v2.4.12 and v2.5.6 may enable authentication bypass in external authentication plug-ins when more than one of them makes use of deferred authentication replies, which allows an external user to be granted access with only partially correct credentials. (CVE-2022-0547)


Affected Packages:

openvpn


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

New Packages:
i686:
    openvpn-devel-2.4.12-1.43.amzn1.i686
    openvpn-2.4.12-1.43.amzn1.i686
    openvpn-debuginfo-2.4.12-1.43.amzn1.i686

src:
    openvpn-2.4.12-1.43.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    openvpn-devel-2.4.12-1.43.amzn1.x86_64
    openvpn-debuginfo-2.4.12-1.43.amzn1.x86_64
    openvpn-2.4.12-1.43.amzn1.x86_64