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TITLE:
Fedora update for openvpn

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33288

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33288/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for openvpn. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the processing of
"lladdr" or "iproute" configuration directives, which can be
exploited to inject and execute arbitrary commands.

Successful exploitation requires that the user connects to and
authenticates a malicious server, which is allowed to push
configuration directives.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update openvpn").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-10499:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00940.html

FEDORA-2008-10691:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01029.html

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