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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201412-26 ] strongSwan: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:21:15
Message-Id: 548C916F.6080304@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-26
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: strongSwan: Multiple Vulnerabilities
9 Date: December 13, 2014
10 Bugs: #507722, #509832
11 ID: 201412-26
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15 Synopsis
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18 Two vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly resulting
19 in Denial of Service or a bypass in authentication restrictions.
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21 Background
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24 strongSwan is an IPSec implementation for Linux.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-misc/strongswan < 5.1.3 >= 5.1.3
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34 Description
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37 A NULL pointer dereference and an error in the IKEv2 implementation
38 have been found in strongSwan.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition or bypass
44 security restrictions.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/strongswan-5.1.3"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-2338
63 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2338
64 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-2891
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2891
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-26.xml
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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