OpenVPN vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04

Packages

• openvpn -

Details

A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used
by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems. As a result of this
weakness, certain encryption keys are much more common than they
should be, such that an attacker could guess the key through a
brute-force attack given minimal knowledge of the system. This
particularly affects the use of shared encryption keys and SSL/TLS
certificates in OpenVPN.

This vulnerability only affects operating systems which (like
Ubuntu) are based on Debian. However, other systems can be
indirectly affected if weak keys are imported into them.

We consider this an extremely serious vulnerability, and urge all
users to act immediately to secure their systems.