openvpn-auth-ldap - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: openvpn-auth-ldap (main)
version: 2.0.4-5
maintainer: Aniol Martí (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.0.4-1
oldstable: 2.0.4-3
stable: 2.0.4-4
testing: 2.0.4-5
unstable: 2.0.4-5

versioned links

2.0.4-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.0.4-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.0.4-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.0.4-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

openvpn-auth-ldap (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In debian/watch no matching files for watch source
  https://github.com/threerings/openvpn-auth-ldap/tags

Created: 2025-11-26 Last update: 2026-03-03 18:02

Failed to analyze the VCS repository. Please troubleshoot and fix the issue. high

vcswatch reports that there is an error with this package's VCS, or the debian/changelog file inside it. Please check the error shown below and try to fix it. You might have to update the VCS URL in the debian/control file to point to the correct repository.

remote: GitLab is not responding fatal: unable to access 'https://salsa.debian.org/debian/openvpn-auth-ldap.git/': The requested URL returned error: 502

Created: 2024-09-25 Last update: 2026-03-03 00:01

debian/patches: 1 patch with invalid metadata, 2 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 6 debian patches available in version 2.0.4-5 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
2 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2024-10-11 Last update: 2025-09-22 18:26

1 security issue in buster high

There is 1 open security issue in buster.

1 important issue:

CVE-2024-28820: Buffer overflow in the extract_openvpn_cr function in openvpn-cr.c in openvpn-auth-ldap (aka the Three Rings Auth-LDAP plugin for OpenVPN) 2.0.4 allows attackers with a valid LDAP username and who can control the challenge/response password field to pass a string with more than 14 colons into this field and cause a buffer overflow.

Created: 2024-06-28 Last update: 2024-06-28 15:00

1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2024-28820: (needs triaging) Buffer overflow in the extract_openvpn_cr function in openvpn-cr.c in openvpn-auth-ldap (aka the Three Rings Auth-LDAP plugin for OpenVPN) 2.0.4 allows attackers with a valid LDAP username and who can control the challenge/response password field to pass a string with more than 14 colons into this field and cause a buffer overflow.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2024-06-28 Last update: 2025-09-27 12:02

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

news

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[2025-09-28] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-22] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-5 (source) into unstable (Aniol Martí)
[2025-09-21] openvpn-auth-ldap REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-21] openvpn-auth-ldap REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-16] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-11] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-4 (source) into unstable (Aniol Martí)
[2024-08-10] openvpn-auth-ldap REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-08-04] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-07-29] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-3 (source) into unstable (Aniol Martí)
[2022-04-13] openvpn-auth-ldap REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-02-05] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-01-31] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-2 (source) into unstable (Aniol Martí) (signed by: Alex Muntada)
[2022-01-13] openvpn-auth-ldap REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-08-08] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-08-06] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.4-1 (source) into unstable (Aniol Marti) (signed by: Alex Muntada)
[2014-10-25] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-6.1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-10-14] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-6.1 (source arm64) into unstable (Wookey)
[2014-07-31] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-6 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-07-25] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-6 (source amd64) (Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta)
[2013-04-22] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-5.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-04-19] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-5.1 (source amd64) (Julien Cristau)
[2012-12-03] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-11-19] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-5 (source i386) (Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta)
[2012-11-12] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-4 (source i386) (Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta)
[2012-06-16] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-06-05] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-3 (source i386) (Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta)
[2012-05-29] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-2.1 (source amd64) (Matthias Klose)
[2012-03-03] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-02-21] Accepted openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-2 (source i386) (Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta)
[2011-09-08] openvpn-auth-ldap 2.0.3-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 3
RC: 0
I&N: 2
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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