Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for ipsec-tools. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for ipsec-tools
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14727
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14727/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for ipsec-tools. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA14675
SOLUTION:
Apply "net-firewall/ipsec-tools-0.4-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-33.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA14675:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14675/
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