Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2212-1 openconnect -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 16 May 2020
- Affected Packages:
- openconnect
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 960620.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-12823. - More information:
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OpenConnect, a VPN software, had a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 6.00-2+deb8u2.We recommend that you upgrade your openconnect packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS