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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2623-1 (openconnect - buffer overflow)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Kevin Cernekee discovered that a malicious VPN gateway can send crafted responses which trigger stack-based buffer overflows.
Affected Software
Affected Software
openconnect on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.25-0.1+squeeze2. We recommend that you upgrade your openconnect packages.