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author | Jörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net> | 2017-06-27 13:56:16 +0200 |
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committer | Jörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net> | 2017-06-27 13:56:16 +0200 |
commit | 749384a154025e268b53cf3cc79eaeddde2b3ceb (patch) | |
tree | 27baa9e6aec76635d750405d90cd461440a656d1 /debian/patches/CVE-2017-7478.patch | |
parent | db4f04c584f7d4e828b5d317cf40962b9d854ac5 (diff) |
initial stretch branch release 2.4.0-6
Diffstat (limited to 'debian/patches/CVE-2017-7478.patch')
-rw-r--r-- | debian/patches/CVE-2017-7478.patch | 55 |
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/patches/CVE-2017-7478.patch b/debian/patches/CVE-2017-7478.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e301cf1 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/patches/CVE-2017-7478.patch @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +From be66408610a52f81c9c895a8973958ead55a4e57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Steffan Karger <steffan.karger@fox-it.com> +Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 15:40:25 +0300 +Subject: [PATCH] Don't assert out on receiving too-large control packets + (CVE-2017-xxx) +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit + +Commit 3c1b19e0 changed the maximum size of accepted control channel +packets. This was needed for crypto negotiation (which is needed for a +nice transition to a new default cipher), but exposed a DoS +vulnerability. The vulnerability was found during the OpenVPN 2.4 code +audit by Quarkslab (commisioned by OSTIF). + +To fix the issue, we should not ASSERT() on external input (in this case +the received packet size), but instead gracefully error out and drop the +invalid packet. + +Signed-off-by: Steffan Karger <steffan.karger@fox-it.com> +Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen <samuli@openvpn.net> + +CVE-2017-7478 + + Security + -------- + - This release fixes a pre-authentication denial-of-service attack on both + clients and servers. By sending a too-large control packet, OpenVPN 2.4.0 or + 2.4.1 can be forced to hit an ASSERT() and stop the process. If + ``--tls-auth`` or ``--tls-crypt`` is used, only attackers that have the + ``--tls-auth`` or ``--tls-crypt`` key can mount an attack. (CVE-2017-xxx) + +--- + Changes.rst | 8 ++++++++ + src/openvpn/ssl.c | 7 ++++++- + 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) + +Index: openvpn-2.4.0/src/openvpn/ssl.c +=================================================================== +--- openvpn-2.4.0.orig/src/openvpn/ssl.c ++++ openvpn-2.4.0/src/openvpn/ssl.c +@@ -3708,7 +3708,12 @@ tls_pre_decrypt(struct tls_multi *multi, + /* Save incoming ciphertext packet to reliable buffer */ + struct buffer *in = reliable_get_buf(ks->rec_reliable); + ASSERT(in); +- ASSERT(buf_copy(in, buf)); ++ if(!buf_copy(in, buf)) ++ { ++ msg(D_MULTI_DROPPED, ++ "Incoming control channel packet too big, dropping."); ++ goto error; ++ } + reliable_mark_active_incoming(ks->rec_reliable, in, id, op); + } + |