Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-26 - Two vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly resulting in Denial of Service or a bypass in authentication restrictions. Versions less than 5.1.3 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-26
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Severity: Normal
Title: strongSwan: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #507722, #509832
ID: 201412-26
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Synopsis
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly resulting
in Denial of Service or a bypass in authentication restrictions.
Background
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strongSwan is an IPSec implementation for Linux.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/strongswan < 5.1.3 >= 5.1.3
Description
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A NULL pointer dereference and an error in the IKEv2 implementation
have been found in strongSwan.
Impact
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A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition or bypass
security restrictions.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/strongswan-5.1.3"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2338
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2338
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-2891
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2891
Availability
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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?
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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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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5