-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora EPEL Update Notification FEDORA-EPEL-2017-c9f915d837 2017-05-16 12:18:26.650945 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : openvpn Product : Fedora EPEL 7 Version : 2.4.2 Release : 2.el7 URL : https://community.openvpn.net/ Summary : A full-featured SSL VPN solution Description : OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a single UDP or TCP port. It can use the Marcus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumers LZO library for compression.
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This update brings in the latest OpenVPN v2.4.2 release. This release contains fixes for two authenticated remote DoS vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-7478 and CVE-2017-7479). For more information see the upstream [security announcement](h ttp://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAudits) . Also added a few fixes, related to package and own some run/shared state directories. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #922786 - New directory for openvpn variable data /var/lib/openvpn/ request https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=922786 [ 2 ] Bug #1444601 - OpenVPN fails to launch due to missing /var/run directory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444601 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use su -c 'yum update openvpn' at the command line. For more information, refer to "YUM", available at https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/htm...
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