Description
Minor security vulnerabilities revealed by an audit of OpenVPN, an open source security software providing a safer and more secure internet to millions worldwide, have been fixed. The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund, known as OSTIF, provided funding for the comprehensive security audit. OpenVPN 2.4.0 was audited for security vulnerabilities independently by QuarksLab and Cryptography Engineering between December 2016 and April 2017. The primary findings were two remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities. The issues discovered were minor in terms of security.
Resolution
The denial of service vulnerabilities found have been fixed in OpenVPN 2.4.2 and 2.3.15 released on May 11, 2017. Likewise OpenVPN Access Server, the commercial version, has also been updated to fix those of the vulnerabilities that were found to be present in the OpenVPN Access Server code as well. OpenVPN Access Server version 2.1.6 and above address the issues found completely.