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Package "openvpn"

Name: openvpn

Description:

virtual private network daemon
Latest version: 2.5.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.3
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: updates
Repository: main
Homepage: https://openvpn.net/

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base main 2.5.5-1ubuntu3
security main 2.5.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.3
backports main 2.6.12-0ubuntu0.24.04.3~bpo22.04.1

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Version: 2.5.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.3 2026-05-20 16:07:33 UTC

  openvpn (2.5.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.3) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: server ASSERT() via malformed packet
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-35058.patch: avoid interpreting opcode as
      part of WKc in src/openvpn/tls_crypt.c,
      tests/unit_tests/openvpn/test_tls_crypt.c.
    - CVE-2026-35058
  * SECURITY UPDATE: race condition in TLS handshake
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-40215-pre1.patch: double check that we do not
      use a freed buffer when freeing a session in src/openvpn/ssl.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-40215-pre2.patch: do not check key_state
      buffers that are in S_UNDEF state in src/openvpn/ssl.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-40215-pre3.patch: fix
      check_session_buf_not_used using wrong index in src/openvpn/ssl.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-40215.patch: ensure that buffer of freed
      session are not used in src/openvpn/ssl.c.
    - CVE-2026-40215
  * Updated expired test certs
    - debian/patches/renew-test-certs.patch
    - debian/source/include-binaries: add sample/sample-keys/client.p12.

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:28:58 -0400
Source diff to previous version

Version: 2.5.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 2024-10-10 21:07:17 UTC

  openvpn (2.5.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) jammy; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release 2.5.11 (LP: #2073318):
    - CVE Fixes:
      + CVE-2024-5594, CVE-2024-27459, CVE-2024-24974, CVE-2024-27903
    - Updates:
      + Allow trailing \r and \n in control channel message
      + See https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn25 for
        additional bug fixes and information
  * Remove patches fixed upstream:
    - d/p/CVE-2024-5594.patch
    [Fixed in 2.5.11]

 -- Lena Voytek <email address hidden> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:25:49 -0700
Source diff to previous version
2073318 Backport of openvpn for jammy and noble
CVE-2024-27459 The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows an attacker to send data causing a stack overflow which can be used to execute arbitrary
CVE-2024-24974 The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows the OpenVPN service pipe to be accessed remotely, which allows a remote attacker to inter
CVE-2024-27903 OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in

Version: 2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.3 2024-07-02 17:07:08 UTC

  openvpn (2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.3) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: malicious peer can DoS or send garbage to logs
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-5594.patch: properly handle null bytes and
      invalid characters in control messages in src/openvpn/buffer.*,
      src/openvpn/forward.c, tests/unit_tests/openvpn/test_buffer.c.
    - CVE-2024-5594

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:49:38 -0400
Source diff to previous version

Version: 2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 2023-11-30 18:07:11 UTC

  openvpn (2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2) jammy; urgency=medium

  * d/rules: Use --with-openssl-engine=yes during configuration to maintain the
    existing behavior of technically allowing openssl engine access in jammy.
    For more information see
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/2004676/comments/6
Source diff to previous version

Version: 2.5.5-1ubuntu3.1 2022-11-16 03:06:55 UTC

  openvpn (2.5.5-1ubuntu3.1) jammy; urgency=medium

  * d/p/openssl-3/*.patch: backport upstream patch set to better support
    OpenSSL 3 (LP: #1975574)

 -- Lucas Kanashiro <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:21:14 -0300
1975574 OpenSSL 3.0 support in OpenVPN 2.5


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