GLSA 201412-26: strongSwan: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:strongSwan: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:12/13/2014
Bugs: #507722, #509832
ID:201412-26

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly resulting in Denial of Service or a bypass in authentication restrictions.

Background

strongSwan is an IPSec implementation for Linux.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-misc/strongswan < 5.1.3 >= 5.1.3 All supported architectures

Description

A NULL pointer dereference and an error in the IKEv2 implementation have been found in strongSwan.

Impact

A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/strongswan-5.1.3"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-26.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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