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[USN-2450-1] strongSwan vulnerability

Posted on 05 January 2015
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2450-1
January 05, 2015

strongswan vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

strongSwan could be made to crash or run programs if it received speciall=
y
crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- strongswan: IPsec VPN solution

Details:

Mike Daskalakis discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled IKEv2
payloads that contained the Diffie-Hellman group 1025. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause the IKE daemon to crash, resulting in a
denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
strongswan-ike 5.1.2-0ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
strongswan-ike 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.=


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2450-1
CVE-2014-9221

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strongswan/5.1.2-0ubuntu3.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strongswan/5.1.2-0ubuntu2.2

 

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