{"id":"MGASA-2017-0372","summary":"Updated openvpn packages fix security vulnerability","details":"The bounds check in read_key() was performed after using the value, instead\nof before. If 'key-method 1' is used, this allowed an attacker to send a\nmalformed packet to trigger a stack buffer overflow. Note that 'key-method 1'\nhas been replaced by 'key method 2' as the default in OpenVPN 2.0\n(CVE-2017-12166).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:31.682270232Z","published":"2017-10-18T20:19:34Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-12166"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0372.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21780"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn23"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn24"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/openvpn?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.3.18-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0372.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openvpn","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/openvpn?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.4-1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0372.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}