<?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>December 13, 2014</announced> <revised>December 13, 2014: 1</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 ">=net-misc/strongswan-5.1.3" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2338">CVE-2014-2338</uri> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2891">CVE-2014-2891</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:27:51 +0000"> keytoaster </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:56:21 +0000">ackle</metadata> </glsa>