[Secure-testing-team] Bug#877089: openvpn: CVE-2017-12166

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: openvpn
Version: 2.3.4-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch fixed-upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for openvpn.

CVE-2017-12166[0]:
remote buffer overflow

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12166
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12166
[1] https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/28/2

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore