Vigil@nce - OpenVPN: out-of-bounds memory reading via resolve_remote
October 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora, openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, denial of service on service, denial
of service on client.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 28/08/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via
resolve_remote() of OpenVPN, in order to trigger a denial of
service, or to obtain sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenVPN-out-of-bounds-memory-reading-via-resolve-remote-33189