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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-26

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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

 

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