Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-40215: In a race condition an old TLS session could still try to send a packet but also get replaced by a new session. In this case, the buffer of the new session is still referenced. Add the check_session_buf_not_used function to mitigate this problem. CVE-2026-35058: According to upstream advisory (https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-35058): OpenVPN server crash via ASSERT triggered by malformed tls-crypt-v2 packet; attacker with a valid tls-crypt-v2 client key can send a crafted control channel packet to crash the server (DoS). Fixed in 2.6.20 and 2.7.2.
Fixed packages 4
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | openvpn | 0:2.6.12-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | openvpn-debuginfo | 0:2.6.12-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | openvpn-debugsource | 0:2.6.12-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | openvpn-devel | 0:2.6.12-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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Medium 6.9
Improper validation of packet length during tls-crypt-v2 key extraction in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.19 and 2.7_alpha1 …
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Medium 6.1
A race condition in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.19 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to potentially ca…