Mageia alert MGASA-2021-0302 (openvpn)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2021-0302: Updated openvpn packages fix a security vulnerability
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Tue, 29 Jun 2021 19:32:48 +0200
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MGASA-2021-0302 - Updated openvpn packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 29 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0302.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8
CVE: CVE-2020-15078

Description:
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 (CVE-2020-15078).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29007
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4933-1
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1...

SRPMS:
- 7/core/openvpn-2.4.9-1.1.mga7
- 8/core/openvpn-2.5.0-2.1.mga8