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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201309-02
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: strongSwan: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 01, 2013
Bugs: #468504, #479396, #483202
ID: 201309-02
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly
allowing remote attackers to authenticate as other users or cause a
Denial of Service condition.
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 < 5.1.0 >= 5.1.0
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in strongSwan. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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A remote attacker could use ECDSA to authenticate as another user with
an invalid signature. Additionally, a remote attacker could send a
specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service.
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-5.1.0"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2054
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2054
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-2944
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2944
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-5018
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5018
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-201309-02.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 2013 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
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