Compared to OpenVPN 2.3 this is a major update with a large number of new features, improvements and fixes. Some of the major features are AEAD (GCM) cipher and Elliptic Curve DH key exchange support, improved IPv4/IPv6 dual stack support and more seamless connection migration when client's IP address changes (Peer-ID). Also, the new --tls-crypt feature can be used to increase users' connection privacy.
Compared to OpenVPN 2.4.1 there are several bugfixes and small enhancements. A summary of the changes is available in Changes.rst.
* fix redirect-gateway behaviour when an IPv4 default route does not exist
* Avoid a 1 byte overcopy in x509_get_subject (ssl_verify_openssl.c)
* Check for errors in the return value of GetModuleFileNameW()
* Fix gateway detection with OpenBSD routing domains
fixes DoSses: CVE-2017-7478 CVE-2017-7479
fixes PR pkg/52044
relevant excerpt of ChangeLog:
OpenVPN Change Log
Copyright (C) 2002-2017 OpenVPN Technologies, Inc. <sales@openvpn.net>
2017.05.11 -- Version 2.3.15
David Sommerseth (5):
dev-tools: Added script for updating copyright years in files
Update copyrights
docs: Further improve --reneg-bytes and SWEET32 information
git: Merge .gitignore files into a single file
Make --cipher/--auth none more explicit on the risks
Gert Doering (1):
Document --proto udp6, tcp6, etc.
Julien Muchembled (1):
Fix implicit declarations when HAVE_OPENSSL_ENGINE is unset
Steffan Karger (6):
Add missing includes in error.h
cleanup: merge packet_id_alloc_outgoing() into packet_id_write()
Document that OpenVPN 2.3 does not check the CRL signature
Introduce and use secure_memzero() to erase secrets
Drop packets instead of assert out if packet id rolls over (CVE-2017-7479)
Don't assert out on receiving too-large control packets (CVE-2017-7478)
2016.12.06 -- Version 2.3.14
Christian Hesse (1):
update year in copyright message
David Sommerseth (1):
Document the --auth-token option
Gert Doering (2):
Repair topology subnet on FreeBSD 11
Repair topology subnet on OpenBSD
Lev Stipakov (1):
Drop recursively routed packets
Selva Nair (4):
Support --block-outside-dns on multiple tunnels
When parsing '--setenv opt xx ..' make sure a third parameter is present
Map restart signals from event loop to SIGTERM during exit-notification wait
Correctly state the default dhcp server address in man page
Steffan Karger (1):
Clean up format_hex_ex()
2016.11.02 -- Version 2.3.13
Arne Schwabe (2):
Use AES ciphers in our sample configuration files and add a few modern 2.4 examples
Incorporate the Debian typo fixes where appropriate and make show_opt default message clearer
David Sommerseth (4):
t_client.sh: Make OpenVPN write PID file to avoid various sudo issues
t_client.sh: Add support for Kerberos/ksu
t_client.sh: Improve detection if the OpenVPN process did start during tests
t_client.sh: Add prepare/cleanup possibilties for each test case
Gert Doering (5):
Do not abort t_client run if OpenVPN instance does not start.
Fix t_client runs on OpenSolaris
make t_client robust against sudoers misconfiguration
add POSTINIT_CMD_suf to t_client.sh and sample config
Fix --multihome for IPv6 on 64bit BSD systems.
Ilya Shipitsin (1):
skip t_lpback.sh and t_cltsrv.sh if openvpn configured --disable-crypto
Lev Stipakov (2):
Exclude peer-id from pulled options digest
Fix compilation in pedantic mode
Samuli Seppänen (1):
Automatically cache expected IPs for t_client.sh on the first run
Steffan Karger (6):
Fix unittests for out-of-source builds
Make gnu89 support explicit
cleanup: remove code duplication in msg_test()
Update cipher-related man page text
Limit --reneg-bytes to 64MB when using small block ciphers
Add a revoked cert to the sample keys
2016.08.23 -- Version 2.3.12
Arne Schwabe (2):
Complete push-peer-info documentation and allow IV_PLAT_VER for other platforms than Windows if the client UI supplies it.
Move ASSERT so external-key with OpenSSL works again
David Sommerseth (3):
Only build and run cmocka unit tests if its submodule is initialized
Another fix related to unit test framework
Remove NOP function and callers
Dorian Harmans (1):
Add CHACHA20-POLY1305 ciphersuite IANA name translations.
Ivo Manca (1):
Plug memory leak in mbedTLS backend
Jeffrey Cutter (1):
Update contrib/pull-resolv-conf/client.up for no DOMAIN
Jens Neuhalfen (2):
Add unit testing support via cmocka
Add a test for auth-pam searchandreplace
Josh Cepek (1):
Push an IPv6 CIDR mask used by the server, not the pool's size
Leon Klingele (1):
Add link to bug tracker
Samuli Seppänen (2):
Update CONTRIBUTING.rst to allow GitHub PRs for code review purposes
Clarify the fact that build instructions in README are for release tarballs
Selva Nair (4):
Make error non-fatal while deleting address using netsh
Make block-outside-dns work with persist-tun
Ignore SIGUSR1/SIGHUP during exit notification
Promptly close the netcmd_semaphore handle after use
Steffan Karger (4):
Fix polarssl / mbedtls builds
Don't limit max incoming message size based on c2->frame
Fix '--cipher none --cipher' crash
Discourage using 64-bit block ciphers
The most important change in this release is that TLS version negotiation is no longer used unless it's explicitly turned on in the configuration files, thus reverting back to the 2.3.2 behaviour as interoperability issues were encountered in 2.3.3. Other notable changes include addition of SSL library version reporting, fixing of SOCKSv5 authentication logic and making serial env exporting consistent between OpenSSL and PolarSSL. This release also contains a number of other bug fixes and small enhancements.
Bump openvpn-acct-wtmpx to add its licence and to take into account the
new location of plugin directory
Significant changes since 2.2.x:
* Full IPv6 support
* SSL layer modularised, enabling easier implementation for other SSL
libraries
* PolarSSL support as a drop-in replacement for OpenSSL
* New plug-in API providing direct certificate access, improved logging API
and easier to extend in the future
* Added 'dev_type' environment variable to scripts and plug-ins - which
is set to 'TUN' or 'TAP'
* New feature: --management-external-key - to provide access to the
encryption keys via the management interface
* New feature: --x509-track option, more fine grained access to X.509
fields in scripts and plug-ins
* New feature: --client-nat support
* New feature: --mark which can mark encrypted packets from the tunnel,
suitable for more advanced routing and firewalling
* New feature: --management-query-proxy - manage proxy settings via the
management interface (supercedes --http-proxy-fallback)
* New feature: --stale-routes-check, which cleans up the internal
routing table
* New feature: --x509-username-field, where other X.509v3 fields can be
used for the authentication instead of Common Name
* Improved client-kill management interface command
* Improved UTF-8 support - and added --compat-names to provide backwards
compatibility with older scripts/plug-ins
* Improved auth-pam with COMMONNAME support, passing the certificate's
common name in the PAM conversation
* More options can now be used inside <connection> blocks
* Completely new build system, enabling easier cross-compilation and
Windows builds
* Much of the code has been better documented
* Many documentation updates
* Plenty of bug fixes and other code clean-ups
