• OpenConnect vulnerability

    From boo_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Monday, October 05, 2020 20:10:04
    openconnect vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

    Summary

    OpenConnect could be made to crash if it received specially
    crafted input.

    Software Description

    * openconnect - An SSL VPN client

    Details

    It was discovered that OpenConnect has a buffer overflow when a
    malicious server uses HTTP chunked encoding with crafted chunk
    sizes. An attacker could use it to provoke a denial of service
    (crash).

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    libopenconnect5 - 7.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2
    openconnect - 7.08-3ubuntu0.18.04.2

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2019-16239

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