glsa-201412-26.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201412-26">
  <title>strongSwan: Multiple Vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Two vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly
    resulting in Denial of Service or a bypass in authentication restrictions. 
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">strongswan</product>
  <announced>2014-12-13</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-12-13</revised>
  <bug>507722</bug>
  <bug>509832</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/strongswan" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.1.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.1.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>strongSwan is an IPSec implementation for Linux.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A NULL pointer dereference and an error in the IKEv2 implementation have
      been found in strongSwan.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition or bypass
      security restrictions.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/strongswan-5.1.3"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2338">CVE-2014-2338</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2891">CVE-2014-2891</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-08-04T19:27:51Z">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-12-13T18:56:21Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>