Bug 457667 (CVE-2008-3459)

Summary:	CVE-2008-3459 openvpn: client command execution through remotely received configuration directives
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	steve
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-08-03 08:57:54 UTC

OpenVPN upstream released new version 2.1_rc9 fixing security issue in non-Windows builds of OpenVPN client:

* Security Fix -- affects non-Windows OpenVPN clients running
  OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8 (OpenVPN 2.0.x clients are NOT
  vulnerable nor are any versions of the OpenVPN server vulnerable).
  An OpenVPN client connecting to a malicious or compromised
  server could potentially receive an "lladdr" or "iproute" configuration
  directive from the server which could cause arbitrary code execution on
  the client. A successful attack requires that (a) the client has agreed
  to allow the server to push configuration directives to it by including
  "pull" or the macro "client" in its configuration file, (b) the client
  succesfully authenticates the server, (c) the server is malicious or has
  been compromised and is under the control of the attacker, and (d) the
  client is running a non-Windows OS.  Credit: David Wagner.

References:
http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html

Comment 1 Steven Pritchard 2008-08-03 20:33:38 UTC

I've revoked the request to push this to stable.  This version is somewhat broken.

Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2008-08-05 06:42:04 UTC

CVE id CVE-2008-3459 was assigned to this issue:

Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when
running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute
arbitrary commands via crafted (1) "lladdr" and (2) "iproute"
configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-11-30 14:44:54 UTC

openvpn-2.1-0.29.rc15.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/openvpn-2.1-0.29.rc15.fc9

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-11-30 14:44:57 UTC

openvpn-2.1-0.29.rc15.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/openvpn-2.1-0.29.rc15.fc8

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-12-21 08:18:22 UTC

openvpn-2.1-0.29.rc15.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-12-21 08:33:11 UTC

openvpn-2.1-0.29.rc15.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.