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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201411-07 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Openswan: Denial of Service |
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Date: November 23, 2014 |
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Bugs: #499870 |
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ID: 201411-07 |
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Synopsis |
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A NULL pointer dereference in Openswan may allow remote attackers to |
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cause Denial of Service. |
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Background |
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Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-misc/openswan <= 2.6.39-r1 Vulnerable! |
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate |
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to another package if one is available or wait for the |
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existing packages to be marked stable by their |
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architecture maintainers. |
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Description |
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A NULL pointer dereference has been found in Openswan. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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Gentoo has discontinued support for Openswan. We recommend that users |
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unmerge Openswan: |
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# emerge --unmerge "net-misc/openswan" |
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NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining Openswan have discontinued |
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support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer |
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will update Openswan at a later date. Alternatives packages such as |
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Libreswan and strongSwan are currently available in Gentoo Portage. |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-6466 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6466 |
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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-201411-07.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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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 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 |