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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-03 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: IPsec-Tools: racoon Denial of Service |
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Date: December 02, 2008 |
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Bugs: #232831 |
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ID: 200812-03 |
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Synopsis |
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IPsec-Tools' racoon is affected by a remote Denial of Service |
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vulnerability. |
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Background |
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IPsec-Tools is a port of KAME's implementation of the IPsec utilities. |
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It contains a collection of network monitoring tools, including racoon, |
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ping, and ping6. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-firewall/ipsec-tools < 0.7.1 >= 0.7.1 |
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Description |
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Two Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been reported in racoon: |
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* The vendor reported a memory leak in racoon/proposal.c that can be |
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triggered via invalid proposals (CVE-2008-3651). |
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* Krzysztof Piotr Oledzk reported that src/racoon/handler.c does not |
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remove an "orphaned ph1" (phase 1) handle when it has been initiated |
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remotely (CVE-2008-3652). |
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Impact |
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An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of |
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Service. |
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Workaround |
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========== |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All IPsec-Tools users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-firewall/ipsec-tools-0.7.1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-3651 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3651 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-3652 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3652 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-03.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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